John Oates Quotes
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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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I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines.
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If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.
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Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music.
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I'm bad at math.
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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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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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I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.
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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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I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.
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Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.
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I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach.
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If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.
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I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.
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Once you've made a record, you don't need to make it again. It's done, and it's out there forever, a moment in time that encapsulates whatever was happening in that moment.
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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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If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same.
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Young people go to concerts.
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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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To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.
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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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A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.
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When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.
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We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves.