Biography

Adam Levine

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Born
March 18, 1979 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name
Adam Noah Levine
Nickname
- Sharky
Height
6′ (1.83 m)

Mini bio

Grammy-winning band Maroon 5's frontman Adam Noah Levine was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Patsy (Noah), an admissions counselor, and Fredric Levine, who founded the retail chain M. Fredric. Adam's father's family is Jewish, while Adam's mother is of half Jewish (her own father) and half German and Scottish (her own mother) ancestry. His uncle, Timothy Noah, is a journalist. Adam began playing music with his junior-high friends guitarist, rather than the keyboardist (for which he is known in the band Maroon 5) Jesse Carmichael and bassist Mickey Madden. Their first gig was at a school dance and Levine was terribly shy so he played with his back to the audience. Ryan Dusick joined the band as drummer and the alternative rock band Kara's Flowers were born (1994). They released an album called "The Fourth World" (1997). Then, he headed to New York City with Carmichael to study music at Five Towns College on Long Island. While they were there, he was surrounded by new music scenes and influences which give him whole new perspective on songwriting and singing. He dropped out of school after a semester and headed back to California with Carmichael to reunite with their pals and develop their band. He began writing a bunch of songs that were inspired by his recently failed relationship. After adding in new guitarist James Valentine (moving Carmichael over to keyboards) Maroon 5 was officially born. The band released their debut album "Songs About Jane", which included international hits "This Love", "Sunday Morning" and "She Will Be Loved" (2002).
- IMDb mini biography by: Ozge Yilanci

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Trademarks

Sensual dance moves
Long and short uses of "Oh!" and "Yeah!" in his songs
Has many tattoos
Slender frame
Falsetto voice

Trivia

Has known Jason Segel and Jake Gyllenhaal since kindergarten.
He is ambidextrous. He writes and draws with his left hand but prefers his right hand for most of other activities.
Good friends with Jason Segel, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Adam Brody and Billie Joe Armstrong.
Has attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD).
The 222 on his forearm represents door number of the very first studio that Maroon 5 ever recorded in.

Quotes

I spend most of my life naked. In fact, I often have to be told by the people around me that it's inappropriate to be as naked as I am.
I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n' roll lifestyle and still be romantic.
[on his former girlfriend Maria Sharapova] She wouldn't make any noise during sex. I can't tell you how disappointed I was. I really thought, like a lot of guys, that she'd be the loud screaming type. But instead, she just lay there like a dead frog. She even got angry if I started to moan, said it "ruined her concentration". It was so disillusioning that I went on Paxil (an antidepressant) for a month afterwards. Really, it was much more of a shock than when I found out there's no such thing as the Easter Bunny.
Caffeine is like a really attractive girl that has nothing to say. You get all jacked up on it and then you're left feeling hollow and empty.
I was skeptical, to say the least. I was wary of the cliché's associated with yoga: spirituality used as a marketing tool or Eastern philosophy sold at Starbucks to disenchanted lawyers and accountants looking for meaning. What I soon realized is that yoga welcomes everyone - that's extremely appealing.