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I have a lot of problems understanding connections between people and how to negotiate that. It makes everything hard offstage.

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Adam Duritz
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 1
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Baltimore
Maryland
Adam Fredric Duritz
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People
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