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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 didn't make a solo album until the year 2000. "

" If I had to drop everything and just be a songwriter, I would be OK with that because that's the real joy. "

" You don't wanna be around your family constantly. "

" I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines. "

" Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. "

" The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers. "

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

" Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity. "

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

" 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. "

" The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs. "

" 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. "

" If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome! "

" 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. "

" My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person. "

" Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. "

" The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer. "

" It's the music that brings us together. "

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

" I just like playing with the band and doing what I do. "

" 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!' "

" 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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" The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done. "