John Oates Quotes
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My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.
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I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.
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When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.
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Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity.
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I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of seeing the big picture.
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I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage.
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I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to work within, and at the same time you want to do something that's personally original and hopefully somewhat unique.
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If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.
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A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.
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I don't listen to music. I very rarely listen to music. I only listen for information. I listen when a friend sends me a song or a new record.
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It's the music that brings us together.
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The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.
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There isn't one album that says 'Hall & Oates.' It's always 'Daryl Hall and John Oates.' From the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall & Oates,' this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked.
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I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.
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Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.
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The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs.
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To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.
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Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
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With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.
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The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.
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I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.
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You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, but normally, at least it's hidden in a box in the attic.
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I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.
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Young people go to concerts.