Top 94 Quotes & Sayings by Adam Levine

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Last updated on December 5, 2024.
Adam Levine

Adam Noah Levine is an American singer, songwriter and musician, who is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the pop rock band Maroon 5. Levine began his musical career in 1994 with the band Kara's Flowers, of which he was the lead vocalist and lead guitarist. After the commercial failure of their only album, The Fourth World, the group was reformed in 2001 as Maroon 5 – with James Valentine replacing Levine as lead guitarist. In 2002, they released their first album, Songs About Jane, which went multi-platinum in the US; since then, they have released six more albums: It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007), Hands All Over (2010), Overexposed (2012), V (2014), Red Pill Blues (2017), and Jordi (2021). As part of Maroon 5, Levine has received three Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and a World Music Award.

I have a very all-over-the-place lifestyle. The people I know who are married - 90 percent of them have houses and live in the same place and sleep in the same bed every night.
So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good.
'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music. — © Adam Levine
'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
I've always felt a little misrepresented in the world.
I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.
Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.
Furnishing a home is no different than going into the studio and making music. You want to make sure you've pared down all the extra details so that in the end, every stitch has a context uniquely yours.
There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage makes sense to me.
Peer pressure plays a huge role in people's desire to get married.
And I think I have a distinct voice.
Playing a show before thousands of people is a highly unnatural state and when I get on the mat to do an hour of yoga before the show, I come out physically relaxed. — © Adam Levine
Playing a show before thousands of people is a highly unnatural state and when I get on the mat to do an hour of yoga before the show, I come out physically relaxed.
'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really going to love it.
The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.
I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.
Let's face it, I only practice yoga because the classes are always packed with beautiful women.
In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
I have a high self-opinion - I don't need to hide that. I don't need to be self-deprecating.
Not every song has to be about love and tenderness, sometimes you have those strictly physical feelings for somebody and it's okay to have those feelings.
I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n roll lifestyle and still be romantic.
A lot of my emotional issues come from dealing with the opposite sex. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll be retired before I can finally enter into a healthy relationship.
I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.
I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.
My job means I work late.
I don't date my girlfriend because she's a model. I date her because I love her.
I don't think any relationship responds well to pressure.
Nobody has it all, but for me to even come close is amazing.
You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
Yoga carves you into a different person - and that is satisfying physically.
Men need to live and breathe women.
I love music videos, I really do. I think it's kind of sad that it's a dying art form.
Nothing wrong with making money.
I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.
Yoga takes what you have and molds and sculpts it, which is a much more natural way to look and feel.
At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.' — © Adam Levine
At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
People see you on TV every day, they start knowing your name. You know, I was always just the guy from Maroon 5 until I became myself.
Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true about Stevie Wonder. He's an amazing human being, and the fairytale exists with that man.
I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one of my heroes. Al Green, too.
I'm intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.
As a pop star, you don't have to be that smart for people to think you're intelligent.
The best thing about Mick Jagger is how uncalculating he is. He does what he wants to do and it feels right. He's not a dancer - neither am I.
It's sweet that I don't have to do my laundry.
Before I go on stage I pretend that everyone loves me.
I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage.
Taylor Swift is super charming. Damn you Swift. — © Adam Levine
Taylor Swift is super charming. Damn you Swift.
Markets are conversations.
Before I go on stage, I pretend that everyone loves me.
A lot of times people will think, ‘I’m strong, I’m in shape; why can’t I do this pose?’? But that’s not the point. There’s nothing to win in yoga. You just do what you can do, one day to the next.
It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.
The power and the potency of music will transcend any one person's opinion about it.
I'm cocky. It's different. Cocky is playful.
I can single handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you're born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two.
It's much more interesting to embrace who you really are rather than waste energy pretending to be someone else.
There are two kinds of men. There are men who are f**king misogynist pigs and then there are men who really love women, who think they’re the most amazing people in the world. And that’s me. Maybe the reason I was promiscuous and wanted to sleep with a lot of them, is that I love them so much.
Chemistry cannot be purchased.
I'm confident. Some people don't like confidence. They resent confidence.
I'd rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored
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