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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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" Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music. "

John Oates

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs. "

" 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. "

" My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B. "

" Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. "

" I have a great family, I live an amazing life. "

" If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life. "

" 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. "

" The world has accelerated to the point that, as far as the album as a form, I don't know if it's going to last that much longer. "

" There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal. "

" I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage. "

" 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. "

" If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome! "

" My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

John Oates

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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. "

" 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. "

" We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves. "

" I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss of indie artists. "

" Well, because we're so different as people. And it's that difference that probably also makes it easy to stay together, because we don't get in each others way. "

" With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons. "

" To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. "

" When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating. "

" 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. "

" I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000. "