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" There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal. "

John Oates

Yourself

Writing

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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. "

" To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. "

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

John Oates

First

Wake Up

" 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. "

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Gone

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

" When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

John Oates

Music

Together

" The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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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John Oates

Brothers

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" 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. "

" 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. "