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" I just like playing with the band and doing what I do. "
John Oates
Doing
Band
Just
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" 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. "
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Friends
Group
Small
" I'm always reading something. "
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Always
Reading
" I love what Alabama Shakes is doing - it's kind of like what grunge did to rock 'n' roll, they're doing to R&B. "
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Rock
Love
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" I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers. "
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" There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul. "
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American
Irish
" If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing. "
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Would
Touring
Big
" The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done. "
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Done
Style
Roots
" 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. "
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Creative
Music
" With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons. "
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Culture
Take
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" There isn't one album that says 'Hall & Oates.' It's always 'Daryl Hall and John Oates.' From the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall & Oates,' this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked. "
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Always
Idea
People
" My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person. "
John Oates
Person
Evolved
Just
" Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened. "
John Oates
Kind
Life
Motivation
" I've been asked to do various types of cruises. "
John Oates
Cruises
Been
Asked
" 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. "
John Oates
Music
Beginning
Experience
" 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
" The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed. "
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Been
Field
Christmas
" My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B. "
John Oates
American
Style
Urban
" My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era. "
John Oates
Representation
Become
Weird
" When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs. "
John Oates
People
Through
Way
" The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category. "
John Oates
Job
Only
Same
" I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school. "
John Oates
Wait
School
High School
" I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves. "
John Oates
Musicians
Parents
Old
" 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. "
John Oates
Box
Way
You
" Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity. "
John Oates
Skills
Gone
Me
" 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. "
John Oates
Know
Far
Going
" 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. "
John Oates
Money
View
Crazy
" If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life. "
John Oates
Tomorrow
Life
Touring
" 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 have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country. "
John Oates
Blues
Everything
Country
" I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage. "
John Oates
Think
Social Media
Important