Adam Levine Biography

Fast Facts

• Committed to environmental issues, his band Maroon 5 won an Environmental Media Award and started traveling in buses powered by biodiesel
• Started a band called Kara's Flowers in high school and recorded his first demo with them when he was 17
• Quote: "I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe․"
• Quote: "The second I picked up a guitar, I never really put it down again․ I fell so madly in love with it, it's all I did․"
• Reformed his band Kara's Flowers with the new name Maroon 5 in the early 2000s, serving as the pop rock band's lead vocalist
• His musical style, hard to label in one particular genre, has slowly shifted from its R&B roots to a more pop style
• When he was 6 years old, he made the winning shot in a basketball game, a moment that he said stuck with him and gave him the confidence to succeed in his later pursuits
• Began practicing a yoga regime to help him relax and stay in shape
• The first tape he ever bought was "Electric Avenue․"
• Used to sing in front of the mirror with a karaoke machine when he was 9 years old