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" My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era. "
John Oates
Representation
Become
Weird
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" I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. "
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" I've been asked to do various types of cruises. "
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" You have to know when to strike and when to retreat. "
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" I just like playing with the band and doing what I do. "
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" I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach. "
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" We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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Like
" 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. "
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Far
Going
" I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.' "
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Singing
She
Never
" I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people. "
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Over
I Wish
People
" 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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Musicians
Parents
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" I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country. "
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Blues
Everything
Country
" I used to love assemblies because it got me out of class. "
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Used
Because
Class
" The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer. "
John Oates
Bricks
Music Business
Music
" A good mustache makes a man for many reasons. "
John Oates
Good
Reasons
Mustache
" You don't wanna be around your family constantly. "
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Wanna
Family
Around
" Young people go to concerts. "
John Oates
Young
Go
Young People
" 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. "
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Box
Way
You
" 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. "
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Amazing
Relationship
Life
" It's the music that brings us together. "
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Music
Us
Together
" 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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Music
People
" I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio. "
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Because
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