Maroon 5 Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
29th April 2016
Quote: "It's so shocking... it was so unexpected and out of the blue. Prince was a huge, huge influence on me as an artist, and just the way he did things his own way always, and the music was so wild and completely different, and he played guitar. He was a different kind of pop star, but he was more than that; he was a lot of things. He's already so missed." Maroon 5 star Adam Levine shares his thoughts on the passing of music icon Prince last week (21Apr16).
1st June 2015
Fact: Adam Levine has bared all in the music video for his band Maroon 5's latest single This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a Motherf**ker. People magazine's former Sexiest Man Alive is shown getting out of a shower and dropping his towel to expose his bare bottom before throwing on a pair of jeans. The promo follows Levine as he goes through his pre-concert rituals and ends up on stage in front of thousands.
17th July 2012
Quote: "It's going to happen, inevitably. I love kids and I want a family but I wouldn't be able to be a very good father right now so I'm going to wait until I can be. I'll slow it down when I have a family. I'm 33 but I'm still a baby in a lot of ways." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine isn't quite ready to be a dad.
6th June 2012
Quote: "I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage... I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine isn't sure he's the marrying kind.
21st May 2012
Quote: There's always been a healthy sense of competition within the band. It used to be over the videogame Halo. That led to Adam (Levine) and I not talking to each other for days... In order for the band to stay together, I needed to quit." Maroon 5 star James Valentine on his tense gamer battle with frontman Levine.
2nd April 2012
Quote: "I wanna wear suits now. I wanna cover all my tattoos up... How many times can you wear a T-shirt?" Maroon 5 star Adam Levine is tired of showing off his skin art.
17th March 2012
Fact: Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and Lord Of The Rings star Sean Astin will be among the 25,000 runners hitting the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday (18Mar12) for the city's 27th annual Honda L.A. Marathon. This year's big event begins at Dodger Stadium and ends blocks from the Santa Monica Pier. The run will be Astin's third - he also competed in 1998 and 2010.
24th February 2012
Quote: "It's very catchy. I could say I wish I had written it, but wouldn't that be weird? It's fun, very young children like it, which is always cool and funny. But what am I going to say? I'm not going to be mean about it, am I...? Only thing is, it puts a bit of pressure on me when I go out dancing!" Rock legend Mick Jagger on Maroon 5's tribute to his dancing skills, Moves Like Jagger.
13th February 2012
Quote: "It's annoying. It annoys me. I go to sleep with it in my head." Maroon 5 star James Valentine admits he can't get the band's catchy Moves Like Jagger tune out of his head.
4th October 2011
Tweet: "its (sic) pretty hard not to cry when you listen to some of @OfficialAdele's songs. she is overwhelming." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine gets emotional listening to soul singer Adele.
31st August 2011
Quote: "We're happy he's OK and he looks great and sounds great and he's made such a great 100 per cent recovery." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine is glad his tour mate Gavin DeGraw is back onstage after suffering concussion and a broken nose following a brutal beating during a night out in New York in early August (11). DeGraw made his live comeback in Los Angeles on Monday night (29Aug11).
28th August 2011
Tweet: "The Vma's. one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I'm drawing a line in the sand. f**k you Vma's." Maroon 5 star Adam Levine will not be attending Sunday's (28Aug11) Mtv Video Music Awards.
10th August 2011
Tweet: "Wishing Gavin DeGraw a swift recovery. Your fans were amazing tonight. All our prayers are with you." Pop star Nikki Jean sends injured singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw her love after stepping in to replace him on tour with Maroon 5 and Train following his brutal street attack on Monday (08Aug11).
9th August 2011
Quote: "It's a healthy addiction. The tattoos are like the stickers travellers put on their trunks to let the world know where they've been." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine loves getting inked.
14th June 2011
Quote: "She's great. I respect the s**t out of her. She's going through a tough time, and God bless her. This show is great for her, but if she busts my balls, I'll bust hers." Maroon 5 star Adam Levine responds to reports suggesting he and Christina Aguilera, his fellow TV judge on hit U.S. talent show The Voice, are not getting along.
12th June 2011
Tweet: "Heard Fat Joe lost 88 pounds. Now he's more like, 'Average' Joe. Get it? Get it?" Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine jokes about rapper Fat Joe's new lean figure.
6th June 2011
Tweet: "Press day. Morning shows across America will get to witness first hand how bitchy I am in the morning." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine isn't a morning person.
24th May 2011
Tweet: "ive (sic) developed this weird habit of compulsively eating mini bar snacks. today its (sic) combos and gummy bears. Yuck/Yum." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine is gorging on sweet treats while on tour in South East Asia.
13th May 2011
Tweet: "Happy birthday Stevie Wonder. You are the absolute greatest." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine sends birthday wishes to Stevie Wonder, who turns 61 on Friday (13May11).
26th April 2011
Fact: Maroon 5 are set to team up with veteran rockers Train for a joint tour this summer (11). The 40-date trek kicks off in North America on 22 July (11).
13th October 2010
Quote: "People are really brutal and horrible to each other, especially in high school. We've all been there, we've all experienced it and it can be really traumatising. Don't let them win... High school is not the end of the line! ... If you can get through it, there is a whole world out there that is just beyond people treating you badly." Maroon 5 star Adam Levine speaks out to bullied teens in a new online video.
21st September 2010
Tweet: "I'd like to dedicate this third album to the people who made it all possible. Our fans!!! We seriously love you!" Adam Levine thanks his loyal followers ahead of the release of Maroon 5's new album, HANDS ALL OVER.
8th September 2010
Quote: "I would typically cringe at a celebrity starting their own line, (but it) reflects what I wear. It's basic and unpretentious - the right jeans and a T-shirt always win." Maroon 5 star Adam Levine defends his decision to launch new fashion range 222.
23rd August 2010
Fact: Maroon 5 star Adam Levine relaxed after marathon studio sessions with demanding Switzerland-based producer Mutt Lange by taking off on a 450-mile bike ride through the Alps on his beloved Harley Davidson. Lange teamed up with the rockers to record their new album Hands All Over.
30th July 2010
Fact: Adam Levine's love interest in the upcoming Maroon 5 video for new track MISERY is actually the singer's real life girlfriend, model Anne Vyalitsyna.
19th November 2009
Fact: Pop group Maroon 5 have joined the New Year's Eve (31Dec09) celebrations in Las Vegas by announcing they'll be ringing in 2010 with actor Jason Segal at The Pearl. The band will reportedly be supported by Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I Love You, Man star Segal. Maroon 5 won't be the only pop stars headlining a New Year's Eve party in Sin City - Christina Aguilera is throwing a bash at Tao Las Vegas.
6th May 2009
Fact: Nicole Richie, Lance Bass, Rosario Dawson and rockers Maroon 5 are among a list of celebrities 'adopting' Los Angeles-area schools to rally support for organic gardens in the city's education system. The stars will help plant a garden and check in on the students throughout the year as part of the summer (09) programme, launched by the Environmental Media Association's Young Hollywood Board.
27th February 2009
Fact: Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine has put his three bedroom Hollywood Hills home up for rent. The property features a guest house, a theatre and a swimming pool - all for $10,000 (£7,090) a month.
17th January 2008
Quote: "We weren't at the game with Jack Nicholson; he was just sitting next to us. They took a photograph of all three of us together and it was kinda cool... I think he was a little bit annoyed with us... It was hilarious." Maroon 5 star Adam Levine on joining funnyman Jonah Hill and acting great JACK NICHOLSON courtside at a recent Los Angeles Lakers basketball game.
12th November 2007
Fact: Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine dressed up as Brad Pitt's character in 1999 movie Fight Club for Halloween last month (31Oct07). Levine went shirtless, sported a pair of giant sunglasses and had a fake cut across his head - just like Pitt's character Tyler Durden.
27th August 2007
Quote: "Today I'm talking to the Daily Star. So it'll be, 'No I'm not dating her or her', and, 'The reason I live in Hollywood is because I was f**king born there.'" Maroon 5 rocker Adam Levine clearly doesn't look forward to press interviews with British newspaper the Daily Star.
21st August 2007
Quote: "Jogging four to five miles is my morning meditation, and it's an opportunity to see the places we're travelling to. I'll go through Hyde Park and then run by Buckingham Palace (when I'm in London)." Maroon 5 star James Valentine.
21st July 2007
Fact: Maroon 5 star Adam Levine and comedian Dane Cook, who have both been romantically linked to Jessica Simpson, share the same birthday - 18 March.
12th June 2007
Quote: "We had sex the first night we met." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine tells U.S. radio host Howard Stern about when he met new girlfriend REBECCA GINOS on her 21st birthday.
30th May 2007
Quote: "I'm not a f**king narcissist. Well, I'm not narcissistic enough to do that." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine has never had sex listening to his own music.
27th May 2007
Quote: "The sad truth is that person in the tabloids is way cooler than I actually am." Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine on reports he's a Hollywood playboy with conquests linking him to Jessica Simpson and Lindsay Lohan.
26th May 2007
Quote: "It must have been benevolent - I never felt any bad vibes." Maroon 5 star JAMES VALENTINE on the ghost he encountered while recording the group's new album at magician Harry Houdini's haunted Hollywood mansion.
21st May 2007
Fact: Maroon 5's previous incarnation, KARA'S FLOWERS, appeared on an episode of BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 in 1997.
30th October 2006
Fact: The Cure, THE Black Eyed Peas and Maroon 5 have contributed covers of John Lennon hits to a new Amnesty International campaign. The covers are being offered for sale on the charity organisation's website.
13th July 2006
Fact: Maroon 5 have turned authors with a book charting their worldwide tour promoting album SONGS ABOUT JANE. MAROON 5: MIDNIGHT MILES features intimate pictures from the gigs taken by friend CHRISTOPHER WRAY-MCCANN.
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