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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My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era.
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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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I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'
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I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers.
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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 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 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 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 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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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 couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.
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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 think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.
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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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I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
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You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate it, and move somewhere else.
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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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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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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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The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers.
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When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating.