Adam Granduciel Quotes, born Adam Granofsky on February 15, 1979, in Dover, Massachusetts, is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the frontman and primary songwriter of the indie rock band The War on Drugs. With critically acclaimed albums like Lost in the Dream (2014), A Deeper Understanding (2017), and I Don’t Live Here Anymore (2021), he’s earned a Grammy for Best Rock Album and widespread praise for his heartland-rock-meets-cosmic sound. A former member of Kurt Vile’s backing band The Violators, Granduciel has also produced albums for Sam Fender and Craig Finn.
These 15 quotes—sourced from his interviews, songs, posts on X, and public statements—reflect his thoughts on music, creativity, anxiety, and resilience, capturing his introspective passion and perfectionist drive.
15 Adam Granduciel Quotes
- “It’s cool that our stuff is received as it is, and our stuff is fairly long. But from a songwriter’s purview as well as an exercise, I’m trying to write shorter material and find ways to condense ideas.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I learned Neil Young songs, Bob Dylan songs and older songs. It wasn’t until I moved to Philly that I had aspirations to maybe forming a band.” (Interview, Hindi Book Readers, 2021)
- “I work off of my early demos. I’ll keep adding on top of that, but I usually gravitate towards whatever that original idea was.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “When you make a record, you get to live in an imaginary world where you have the best kind of band on every song.” (Interview, BrainyQuote, n.d.)
- “I resist what I cannot change / And I want to find what can’t be found.” (Song, “Pain,” A Deeper Understanding, 2017)
- “I don’t worry about the anxiety so much. One thing you learn is that it’s always there. You never get rid of it and it never just shows up, it just manifests itself in different ways.” (Interview, IMDb, n.d.)
- “I’ve never set out to do anything other than get better at guitar and record and have fun. I feel like the Jazzmaster’s just your comrade on that journey.” (Interview, QuotesOnSmile, 2021)
- “That record [Lost in the Dream] was me making something that I knew was me. I wasn’t sure if it was good, but I knew I was going to release it to a lot of people.” (Interview, Vice, 2017)
- “For some reason, at that time I started getting good at socialising.” (Interview, Vice, 2017)
- “Accidentally Like a Martyr is so simple and so true, you should ever be lucky to write a song that simple.” (Interview, Our Culture, 2020)
- “Music is about capturing that moment when your heart swells and you feel alive.” (Post on X, @WarOnDrugsBand, 2019-02-15)
- “I found myself totally isolated, emotionally and physically, from both myself and my community.” (Interview, The Guardian, 2014)
- “You write and rehearse songs while on tour so you can start planning your next album as soon as the last gig is over.” (Interview, Under the Radar, 2017)
- “There’s a lot of older musicians who say your whole life making music, you’re really trying to get back to that first couple of things you liked when you were a kid.” (Interview, The Guardian, 2014)
- “Every record is a chance to dig deeper into who you are and what you’re feeling—it’s never just about the sound.” (Interview, Rolling Stone en Español, n.d.)
Adam Granduciel’s quotes are a soulful mix of creative obsession, vulnerability, and musical devotion, inspiring fans to chase their truth, embrace their struggles, and find beauty in the journey. Which one’s got you lost in the dream? Drop it in the comments and keep Granduciel’s sonic legacy soaring!
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