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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. "
John Oates
Abyss
Foot
Music
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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 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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" 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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" Young people go to concerts. "
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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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" If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends. "
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" 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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" When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs. "
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" A good mustache makes a man for many reasons. "
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" We should have an easier name to pronounce. "
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" I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage. "
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Important
" 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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Two
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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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Lot
Hit
" With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons. "
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Take
His
" When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating. "
John Oates
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Wish
You
" 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
" To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. "
John Oates
Band
Amazing
Together
" The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer. "
John Oates
Bricks
Music Business
Music
" Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. "
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New People
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" Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music. "
John Oates
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Free
People
" 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 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
" 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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House
Fly
Night
" 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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Idea
People
" 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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Think
Creative
Music
" Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good. "
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Him
Well
" 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
" 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
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View
Crazy
" 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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Clothes
Hair
" I just like playing with the band and doing what I do. "
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Doing
Band
Just