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It's impossible having five, six, seven people in a room being creative together and not fight, because you want to fight. It's the only way creativity works, if you all put your ideas in.

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Adam Duritz
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: August 1
Musician
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Baltimore
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Adam Fredric Duritz
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Time and time again I can't please myself.
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For all the things I'm losing I might aswell resign myself to try and make a change.
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I'm so busy trying to breathe through the pain that I'm breathing through the pain of being with people, and that is no way to spend a life. Eventually, they'll just go away, because you will make them sad. That's something I've proven quite adept at doing over the years.
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I think that, often, the people who can make you happy are right there, and having them in your life would make your life better, but you can't see how to do it.
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I've been playing music most of my life.
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If you've never stared off into the distance, then your life is a shame.
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