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You live through stuff, and it affects the way you feel about the world, and you write about it.

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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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I'm really good in a crisis, because I don't panic.
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Being in a band is about making the band the priority.
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