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" 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. "
John Oates
Rock
Love
Grunge
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" 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 have to know when to strike and when to retreat. "
John Oates
Know
You
Strike
" 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. "
John Oates
Think
Creative
Music
" If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager. "
John Oates
Done
Through
Something
" If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing. "
John Oates
Would
Touring
Big
" 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
" 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 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
" It's the music that brings us together. "
John Oates
Music
Us
Together
" I've been asked to do various types of cruises. "
John Oates
Cruises
Been
Asked
" We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves. "
John Oates
Ourselves
Other
People
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
John Oates
House
Fly
Night
" 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
" 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 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
" 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
" 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 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
" There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul. "
John Oates
Soul
American
Irish
" I have a great family, I live an amazing life. "
John Oates
Life
Amazing
Family
" When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans, that's when I think everything changed. "
John Oates
Fame
Rock
Rock And Roll
" In the days when regional music was very clearly defined and had a clear personality - Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, whatever - Philadelphia had a tradition that was very distinct and unique. "
John Oates
Music
Unique
Personality
" 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
" You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate it, and move somewhere else. "
John Oates
Out
Inside
Appreciate
" I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like stylistic consistency, pacing, a coherent mood. All that stuff goes out the window. "
John Oates
Window
Mood
Like
" The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done. "
John Oates
Done
Style
Roots
" If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome! "
John Oates
Looks
Awesome
Back
" In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about. "
John Oates
Amazing
Relationship
Life