Daryl Hall

I've been traveling around the world forever.

To write a good song, an artist has to drawn from reality. There has to be some spark from realism that communicates a real feeling to someone else. You have to be real. Or you have to be a really good storyteller.

My fan base is really expanding into an inter-generational thing - it's what every artist probably hopes for.

I'm very enthused about everything. I have a lot to say and a lot of things I'm interested in.

Obscurity is just obscurity. There's no romance in obscurity.

Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.

Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.

I do a project, and then I move on.

I was always an introvert as a kid. Then, when I first kind of came out as a human being, I used to be one of those guys who'd go nuts on the dance floor, and people would gather around.

I'm used to the egos in the 1960s, '70s and '80s where people just expected massive success and thought it was their birth right to be successful.

Who knows what the right time to get married is?

I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren.

The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

I don't really strain my voice.

You don't have to be a good musician if you've got certain computer skills.

You don't have to be a good singer any more if you can rap well.

All artists have insecurity.

In the early '70s, I started to feel like Philadelphia soul was the black-sheep brother of rock and roll. I decided to try to get away from it.

When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles.

The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.