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"Anyway my pain kind of went, I got sick of it -- and it’s in me somewhere for sure, but I figure if I keep it in this imaginary box in my heart and let it loose when i sing, well, we all win a little bit more and I hurt a little bit less."
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The young Bob Dylan once said that the only way for an aspiring songwriter to develop was to write 10 songs every day, then throw nine of them away. If Ryan Adams read that quote, it struck a noisy chord. Rarely has a writer enjoyed such a prolific creative streak. During his shows in London last spring, Adams treated his audiences to a rambling display of works-in-progress, fumbling through a well-thumbed notebook to decide which unpolished diamond to dig out next. His new solo album, Gold, contains 16 songs, but Adams had written twice as many and originally considered making it a double CD. Some of the leftovers will be issued as B sides and a limited-edition EP.
How many songs have you written in the past year, Ryan? Seems like about 25 million. “It was actually 38 million, but you’re close,” he deadpans. Anything might trigger another burst of activity beneath his tangled black hair - an overheard snatch of conversation, a movie, or (his current fixation) the poetry of Sylvia Plath. When he arrived in Los Angeles earlier this year, the change of scenery instantly inspired him to pen 15 new tunes. Oh, and he’s writing a book as well. And a play.