Updated On: 28 September, 2018 08:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Dhara Vora Sabhnani
Ahead of his India tour, Canadian musician Bryan Adams discusses his process of making songs, his love for photography, and an elephant on the road

How difficult was it to select 21 tracks from your career for your latest album, Ultimate?
It was fun to put together, as it's very much what I play live. There are of course, many other songs I could have put on there, but there is only so much room on a CD. For the Ultimate Tour, it is a treat for new and old fans. It's all the songs you know and love, and you've heard a million times, and then a few others thrown in for good measure. I like throwing things in there like Ultimate and Please Stay, and I do a couple of covers as well just to keep things moving.
Tell us a bit about your songwriting process.
I'm quite straight forward. Get the idea across in the first 30 seconds of a song — that's always been my approach. Getting out, or looking back on life, relationships, all of those themes serve as inspiration. Luckily, those themes seem to be with me still.