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
mustache eras certain
My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era.
school waiting mustache
I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.
swimming things-to-do music-business
Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
country inspiration cowboy
I didn't come to Nashville to put on a cowboy hat and pretend to be a country singer. My attraction to Nashville as Music City is the variety and flexibility: the fact that there's so many musicians at your disposal, so many amazing studios and talented people that you can draw from. ... I try to be myself, but at the same time I'm learning a lot, and I'm pulling from not only from the well of inspiration that I'm getting from Nashville, but I'm pulling from my roots.
moving somewhere-else appreciate
You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate it, and move somewhere else.
bricks-and-mortar bricks music-business
The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer.
clothes may way
You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, but normally, at least it's hidden in a box in the attic.
tomorrow touring changing-my-life
If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.
stage
I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.
opportunity skills gone
Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity.
missing-you would-be bigs
If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.
moving native-american soul
There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.
brother records littles
The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers.
people sometimes
Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix.