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" 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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" 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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" With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop. "

" When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends. "

" 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. "

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

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

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