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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. "
John Oates
Information
Friend
Music
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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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" 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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" When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating. "
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You
" 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!' "
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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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" If I had to drop everything and just be a songwriter, I would be OK with that because that's the real joy. "
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Joy
" I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. "
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Tastes
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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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Beginning
Experience
" I used to love assemblies because it got me out of class. "
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Because
Class
" 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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View
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You
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Bad
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