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> [It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/it-s-always-music-first-or-melody-and-words-together-but-never-words/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

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## More by Adam Duritz

> [You want to embrace, but I can't figure out how to hold on to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/you-want-to-embrace-but-i-can-t-figure-out-how-to-hold-on-to-it/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [There just is exponentially more money in the movie business than in the music business. As a result there are more people involved in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/there-just-is-exponentially-more-money-in-the-movie-business-than-in/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [I find that truly heartbreaking that, like, it's such a common, constant thing in people's lives - a brutal abuse of people by other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/i-find-that-truly-heartbreaking-that-like-it-s-such-a-common-constant/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/if-dreams-are-like-movies-then-memories-are-films-about-ghosts/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [If you've never stared off in the distance, then your life is a shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/if-you-ve-never-stared-off-in-the-distance-then-your-life-is-a-shame/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [I've been playing music most of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/i-ve-been-playing-music-most-of-my-life/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [For all the things I'm losing I might aswell resign myself to try and make a change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/for-all-the-things-i-m-losing-i-might-aswell-resign-myself-to-try-and/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [Being in a band is about making the band the priority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/being-in-a-band-is-about-making-the-band-the-priority/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/you-have-to-kind-of-shift-the-way-you-look-at-life-when-you-re-in-a/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [When so much money is involved in these movies, someone somewhere is going to try to screw you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/when-so-much-money-is-involved-in-these-movies-someone-somewhere-is/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [That's where the songs come from: that's what I'd most want people to understand. What sounds good or looks good, that's nothing. The only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/that-s-where-the-songs-come-from-that-s-what-i-d-most-want-people-to/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/when-you-re-young-and-you-play-music-you-have-a-peer-group-you-come/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [You aren't really writing about what you did; you're writing about how you feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/you-aren-t-really-writing-about-what-you-did-you-re-writing-about-how/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [A long December and there's reason to believe, maybe this year will be better than the last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/a-long-december-and-there-s-reason-to-believe-maybe-this-year-will-be/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

> [You don't understand what makes you understand what makes your life better until you take something that makes it so much worse and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-duritz/you-don-t-understand-what-makes-you-understand-what-makes-your-life/)

[Adam Duritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-duritz/)

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