You work so hard at something to make sure that it's very pure and very genuine and very steadfast to who you are, so creative control for me is a big one. Thankfully, I've been able to retain 98% of it which I never really expected, so I'm very grateful to be able to control what I can.

Adam Young

Categorized in : Creative Able Grateful

I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength

imperfect grace-and-mercy jesus

Life isn’t how you survive the thunderstorm, but how you dance in... by Adam Young

Life isn’t how you survive the thunderstorm, but how you dance in the rain.

dance-in-the-rain thunderstorm rain

Sometimes the good fight feels impossible, but I for one, am NOT... by Adam Young

Sometimes the good fight feels impossible, but I for one, am NOT giving up.

giving-up fighting impossible

In my opinion, there is a huge lack of imaginative, unconventional music being created by artists today and what little there is, goes widely unappreciated by the masses. 'Port Blue' is my attempt at re-creating the music I want to hear and the emotions I want to feel." "If by chance you ever feel as though you’ve come to know these songs, please consider yourself a friend because in a manner of speaking, you know me. This music is my heart and soul. This is who I am." (Adam R. Young, 2006)

artist heart song

When you write, produce, engineer and mix everything yourself, it tends to take a long time to do anything. And when you're a perfectionist little monster, it makes it even harder. But it's a blast and I wouldn't trade the opportunity for all the ice cream sandwiches in the universe.

ice-cream writing opportunity

It's funny how insomnia has a way of hauling faded memories up from the cellar of the mind, unearthing buried bits of nostalgia from deep within and spreading the broken, jagged pieces out in front of you like a display of junk at a garage sale. It makes you feel cheap and guilty when you didn't do a thing in the world to kindle the dull burn in your veins or the sting in your eyes. Some nights the painful past unexpectedly pushes up through the floorboards like an ugly nightmarish weed, and by doing so, cultivates and nurtures an entirely new species of headache.

weed eye memories

You’ve got mountains of your own, I’ll bet on it. Take heart. Be encouraged. Remain steadfast. Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize.

mountain realizing heart

I kind of tend to do most of my adventures in my mind. by Adam Young

I kind of tend to do most of my adventures in my mind.

kind mind adventure

Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there. by Adam Young

Reality is a lovely place, but I wouldn't want to live there.

lovely live-in-the-moment reality

Wars--and what is war except crime on a mass scale?--destroy rather than produce. The vandal that destroys a window causes not only the owner to bear the costs of replacing it, but costs those whom he planned on using that money to buy from. The same goes for wars. The warlords--of war and peace--destroyed so much, not only what existed, but all those new things that could have existed, if only individuals were left in peace.

cost causes war

There is no old Adam Young, there is no new Adam Young, merely different colors and different brushstrokes over the same canvas.

canvas color different

I'm a very introverted guy, so I don't need to be around people for as long as someone who's very extroverted to get that sort of social fix per se.

guy long people

Maybe some are so busy waiting, they forget what indescribable beauty is right there in front of them.

busy waiting forget

He: "Whale you be my valentine?" She: "Dolphinitely. by Adam Young

He: "Whale you be my valentine?" She: "Dolphinitely.

be-my-valentine whales valentine

I’ve been around many girls who have been super outgoing. And a lot of times, they would say to me, “Why are you so quiet? What’s wrong with you?” And I’m like, “I don’t know. That’s just the way I am.” So if I found the perfect girl she would totally get that and say, “You’re quiet, and that’s the way I love you.

girl perfect love-you

Writing music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in co... by Adam Young

Writing music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in color.

color dream writing

Time. There is much time left and lots of life seasons. There is... by Adam Young

Time. There is much time left and lots of life seasons. There is much to see, to do, and to be.

seasons time-left left

I've definitely had a few moments in my life where I've seen somebody and it's blown me away at first sight, but I guess of those few scenarios, none of them have been like... I'm not married.

married sight firsts

Stay in the Word. The moment you start letting go of that, you're on the road to compromise. Stay grounded, remain pure, keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.

eye letting-go jesus

When I was a small boy, old people used to squat down to my eye level and ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, to which my answer was invariably, "a pirate." Their stunned silence was always very reassuring.

eye boys people