John Oates

I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.

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.

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

I'm bad at math.

You don't wanna be around your family constantly.

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

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.

We should have an easier name to pronounce.

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.

Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.

I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.

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

I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.

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

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

I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.

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.

I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines.

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

If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.