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" You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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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" 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. "

" The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money. "

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

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" I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to work within, and at the same time you want to do something that's personally original and hopefully somewhat unique. "

" Young people go to concerts. "

" 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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" You have to know when to strike and when to retreat. "

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