List of Adam Duritz Quotes

For Me, Songwriting Is Something Like Breathing: I Just Do It. But That Doesn't Mean You're Fantastic.

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.

When So Much Money Is Involved In These Movies, Someone Somewhere Is Going To Try To Screw You.

Got No Place To Go, But There's A Girl Waitin' For Me Down In Mexico. She Got A Bottle Of Tequila, A Bottle Of Gin, And If I Bring A Little Music, I Could Fit Right In.

But What You Realise After You've Been In The Business For A While Is That People Develop Opinions About You That Don't Have Anything To Do With Your Music, They Like Or Dislike You For A Million Reasons, They Like Or Dislike You For Your Last Record.

There Just Is Exponentially More Money In The Movie Business Than In The Music Business. As A Result There Are More People Involved In The Creative Process.

People Ask Me If I Have Stage Fright. I Say, "god, No, I'm Completely Comfortable There. I Have Rest-of-the-day Fright."

The Nice Thing About Being On Stage Is It's Not That I Know What To Do, But I Have A Very Clear Feeling That Anything I Do Is Ok. All I'm Up There To Do Is Express How I Feel. Any Way I Choose To Do That Is Fine.

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.

You Have To Kind Of Shift The Way You Look At Life When You're In A Group Of People That You Work With. It's Not So Much, Do They Make You Feel Good When You're Around Them All The Time; It's How Can You Make Everyone Feel Comfortable Together.

When You're Young And You Play Music, You Have A Peer Group, You Come Out Of A Scene. There's A Lot Of People You Know, And Then You Have Some Success, And It All Goes Away.

My Life Isn't Necessarily More Important Than Anyone Else's: I'm Just Better In Talking About It.