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" 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
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" I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves. "
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" 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. "
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" The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off. It was ritualistic in a way. "
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" 'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. "
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" I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines. "
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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 my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember. "
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" The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Time
Unique
" I have a great family, I live an amazing life. "
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Life
Amazing
Family
" If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life. "
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Tomorrow
Life
Touring
" 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. "
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Fly
Night
" 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. "
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Competitive
Names
People
" 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. "
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Yourself
Writing
See
" 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. "
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Time
Good
Care
" I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. "
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Variety
Tastes
Like
" 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. "
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Out
Inside
Appreciate
" I used to love assemblies because it got me out of class. "
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Used
Because
Class
" 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. "
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Abyss
Foot
Music
" 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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Soul
American
Irish
" 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. "
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Together
" It's the music that brings us together. "
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Us
Together
" If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends. "
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" Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good. "
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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. "
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" I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers. "
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" 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. "
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" The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer. "
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