John Oates Quotes
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If I had to drop everything and just be a songwriter, I would be OK with that because that's the real joy.
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I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business.
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I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.
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My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era.
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There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.
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I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'
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The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category.
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Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly self-important decade of the seventies.
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I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.
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I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well.
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If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.
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I love what Alabama Shakes is doing - it's kind of like what grunge did to rock 'n' roll, they're doing to R&B.
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I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time, and they can be interpreted and recorded with many points of view, but yet still retain the essence of what makes them good songs.
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I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves.
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I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers.
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I'm really in such a fortunate position to have that foundation with Hall and Oates that lets me do whatever I want. That's the dream of a lot of creative people, and I don't take it for granted. I try to make the most of it.
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I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop.
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I may just keep releasing singles 'til I run out of music, which is kind of cool in a way - as long as people don't go, 'Oh my God, not another one!'
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I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
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The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off. It was ritualistic in a way.
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In the days when regional music was very clearly defined and had a clear personality - Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, whatever - Philadelphia had a tradition that was very distinct and unique.
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The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer.
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Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.
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When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating.