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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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager. "

" I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot. "

" 'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. "

" 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. "

" Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly self-important decade of the seventies. "

" Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good. "

" 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. "

" We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves. "

" With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons. "

" There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul. "

" The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed. "

" Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened. "

" 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. "

" When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs. "

" I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves. "

" We should have an easier name to pronounce. "

" I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach. "

" 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. "

" I've been asked to do various types of cruises. "

" I'm always reading something. "

" I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country. "

" 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. "

" When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was gone for about four months. "

" 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. "

" My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era. "

" 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. "