Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall
Daryl Franklin Hohl, better known by his stage name Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer; keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth11 October 1946
CityPottstown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
gives hope respect younger
The younger generation gives me more respect than I could ever hope for.
looked people
When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles.
dressed gonna guy looking walking
If you see me walking down the street, you're gonna see the same guy as you do on stage, dressed the same, looking the same, and nothing changes. I'm just one person.
alive hung kids luther martin philly spirit white
In my Philly neighborhood, black and white kids hung together without even thinking about it. The spirit of Martin Luther King was alive and well.
music
I'm constantly on my toes and re-examining my own music.
goes
If you can sing, you never lose your voice. If you don't know how to sing, your voice goes away because you sing from your throat.
forced
If you're African American, you are forced into making different choices, in a lot of cases, than you are as a white person.
rid
Reject what you don't want. Get rid of dead wood.
cares people
Nobody really cares about what other people think anymore; they're all about themselves.
I don't like showboating. I was never a fan of showing off.
childish disturbing dumb fey funny hear people voices
I hear a lot of people singing in funny voices and singing like they're stupid. Singing in a deliberately fey and dumb and childish way. And I find it to be a disturbing trend.
decided early
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.
believe truth
I always say the same thing - believe in what you do, do it, and don't veer away from the truth of it.
drawn feeling good realism spark
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.