Author Profile
John Oates
1948 • American • Musician
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Showing 64 quotesI have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.— John Oates
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.— John Oates
With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show.— John Oates
With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.— John Oates
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.— John Oates
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.— John Oates
The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.— John Oates
I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.— John Oates
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.— John Oates