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!
If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.
music players
I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.
If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.
communication purpose
The purpose of this communication is a heads-up,
freedom releasing
We've done that over the years, each of us releasing solos. I think that's why we're still together. That freedom doesn't keep us too restricted.
knew met seen
Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.
others stay
Well, because we're so different as people. And it's that difference that probably also makes it easy to stay together, because we don't get in each others way.
born entire evolution experience music popular rock roll
I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.
classics people songs stuff
We get a lot of the new songs in, but we play a lot of the old classics and even some stuff that people don't expect,
contrast delicate lives personal step terms
The contrast is that we're very different people, in terms of our personal lives and our personalities. We don't step on each other's toes. It's a delicate balance.
changed decline major system
The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their own decisions.
band playing
I just like playing with the band and doing what I do.
wide
I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.