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Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums have songs that weren't hits. You have a career, the reason why we're still around 10 years is that we do have successful songs.

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Adam Duritz
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 1
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