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People ask me if I have stage fright. I say, God, no, I'm completely comfortable there. I have rest-of-the-day fright.

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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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