Nearly a year after the release of Easy Tiger, he remains a hot topic among alt-country music lovers and pop culture fans alike. Known for his romantic links, troubled past and wildly emotive behavior; Ryan Adams continues to invoke one great debate. Asshole or no?
Some peg him insane while others call him brilliant. Call him great, call him nuts, call him arrogant, call him genius. Call him what you will. He is human. That’s why he’s just so good. He knows what it means to be alive. What it feels like to be devastated, hopeful, bitch-slapped and famous. And it shows. Through his art. Well, isn’t that the point?
I love art. I love music. I love humanity. I cannot say that I love Ryan Adams the man because I’ve never met him and question whether or not we’d get along. I can say that I love Ryan Adams the musician. He sees the world for what it is and takes the time to write it down then pour it out through music.
I get that. I admire that. I love that.
And that is all I have to say about that.
“Keep Making Art,
and when you get tired; eat,
and/ or watch movies, every kind
make tea and then Keep Making Art.
That Will Keep You From Becoming
“THEM”
- You Know-
those people
who could, but don’t
and know there is nothing left for them
them, the terrible them
that tear down the ones
WHO NEVER GAVE UP
on the dream
because you and me kid,
we were made of that stuff
and were born to dream,
even sometimes
for ‘them’”-excerpt from “ENOUGH ROPE”
D R Adams, portion of ‘Unfinished Works”
2005-2008
