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" The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer. "
John Oates
Bricks
Music Business
Music
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends. "
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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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" 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 never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.' "
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" When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans, that's when I think everything changed. "
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Fame
Rock
Rock And Roll
" My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person. "
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Evolved
Just
" 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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Me
Foundation
" 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. "
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Same
Play
Music
" When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating. "
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Just
Wish
You
" 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
" 'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. "
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Greed
Riches
Spoiled
" I've been asked to do various types of cruises. "
John Oates
Cruises
Been
Asked
" I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines. "
John Oates
Things
Lot
Hit
" 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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Own
Audience
System
" 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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Know
Far
Going
" 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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Mustache
Way
Want
" If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life. "
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Tomorrow
Life
Touring
" 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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Back
Two
Together
" Young people go to concerts. "
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Go
Young People
" 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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Rock
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Grunge
" 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
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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. "
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Beginning
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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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" You don't wanna be around your family constantly. "
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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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Early
People
" Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. "
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Hard
Business