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
thinking ifs
Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.
college thinking
Being at college, I think that's the time when you really start searching for things outside yourself.
writing thinking hands
When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling. I don't think anything's quite as good as that.
thinking years philadelphia
I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.
thinking age golden
Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.
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.
bothered certain john members remarks turn
For years and years, I was beset with snide remarks by certain members of the press, where they would turn John Oates into a joke, or they would trivialize what I do, which never really bothered me all that much.
shows
The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.