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" I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people. "
John Oates
Over
I Wish
People
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" Back in the early '90s, I started going to Nashville to do a lot of co-writes. One of the first people I met there was Keith Follese. Keith and his wife Adrienne are both songwriters, and we wrote some songs together. "
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" 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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" Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. "
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" My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era. "
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" I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business. "
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" It's the music that brings us together. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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Foot
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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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" Once you've made a record, you don't need to make it again. It's done, and it's out there forever, a moment in time that encapsulates whatever was happening in that moment. "
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" I'm bad at math. "
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Math
Bad
" We should have an easier name to pronounce. "
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" 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. "
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People
Me
Foundation
" If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing. "
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Big
" 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. "
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Friend
Music
" 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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Looks
Awesome
Back
" To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. "
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Band
Amazing
Together
" I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach. "
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Sense
" Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world. "
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Culture
Youth
World
" I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio. "
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Think
Because
Good
" The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs. "
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Great
Songs
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" The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed. "
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Christmas
" 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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Through
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Audience
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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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" 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
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Small
" 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. "
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