You live through stuff, and it affects the way you feel about the world, and you write about it.
Adam DuritzMy life isn't necessarily more important than anyone else's: I'm just better in talking about it.
Adam DuritzI think I'd been limiting myself in some ways just writing in first person all the time.
Adam DuritzThere's people who think what they need and what they deserve in their lives is a lot worse than what they actually do, so they get themselves involved in things that are needlessly painful: brutal relationships, abusive relationships.
Adam DuritzFor me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
Adam DuritzA lot of life is about how you feel relating to dealing with this person or that person. If this person makes you feel good, then they're a person to be around; if they don't, they're not. Being in a band is different. The group is the more important part, and you have to kind of shift the way you look at life when you're in a group of people that you work with.
Adam Duritz