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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. "
John Oates
Competitive
Names
People
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" I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers. "
John Oates
Like
Brothers
Something
" 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. "
John Oates
Time
Good
Care
" To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. "
John Oates
Band
Amazing
Together
" My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person. "
John Oates
Person
Evolved
Just
" I used to love assemblies because it got me out of class. "
John Oates
Used
Because
Class
" I'm always reading something. "
John Oates
Something
Always
Reading
" Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good. "
John Oates
Seen
Him
Well
" I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000. "
John Oates
Make
Album
Year
" I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. "
John Oates
Variety
Tastes
Like
" 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. "
John Oates
Yourself
Writing
See
" If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends. "
John Oates
Music
Doubt
Friends
" Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. "
John Oates
Great
New People
People
" We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed. "
John Oates
Back
Two
Together
" If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager. "
John Oates
Done
Through
Something
" I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines. "
John Oates
Things
Lot
Hit
" I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business. "
John Oates
Yourself
Business
Key
" The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers. "
John Oates
Up
First
Wake Up
" The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs. "
John Oates
Great
Songs
Katy Perry
" Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. "
John Oates
Swimming
Hard
Business
" 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
People
Me
Foundation
" You have to know when to strike and when to retreat. "
John Oates
Know
You
Strike
" 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. "
John Oates
Own
Audience
System
" 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. "
John Oates
Friends
Group
Small
" When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was gone for about four months. "
John Oates
Spring
Backpack
College
" My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B. "
John Oates
American
Style
Urban
" When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember. "
John Oates
Remember
First Time
Radio
" 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. "
John Oates
Information
Friend
Music
" 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!' "
John Oates
Cool
Music
People
" You don't wanna be around your family constantly. "
John Oates
Wanna
Family
Around
" 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. "
John Oates
Birthday
Clothes
Hair