John Oates
John Oates
John William Oates is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, musician, songwriter and record producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo, Hall & Oates...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth7 April 1948
CountryUnited States of America
anyone colored glasses looks nostalgic
If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome!
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I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time, and they can be interpreted and recorded with many points of view, but yet still retain the essence of what makes them good songs.
I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves.
groups
I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.
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I grew up in Pennsylvania, only fifteen miles away from Daryl where all the local kids with a German background looked like he did.
until
I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.
life
Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.
actual decided hall inner open rock roll
When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans, that's when I think everything changed.
almost coming might point understand visibility
We've never been apart, ... The whole time, we've been working and recording. So it's not about coming back. It's about continuing. I understand why (some people) might think we had disappeared. Our visibility has been almost nil. But the point is, we're a working band.
spoiled
'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches.
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I live in the middle of the mountains in Aspen Colorado, I have the tractor on my ranch. Right out my door is thousands of acres of national forest.
americana
I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.
clark deserves
With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.
coast hall
With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show.