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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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You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.
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Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix.
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I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.
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My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.
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If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.
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The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their own decisions.
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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 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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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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I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach.
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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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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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Young people go to concerts.
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The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs.
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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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With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show.
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If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome!
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I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.
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When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.
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To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.
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The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed.
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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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I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.
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