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
enjoy great likes performance playing require
I don't require what Daryl requires. He likes the performance a lot more than I do. I enjoy playing with a great band. I don't need to tour.
considered falls job might music playing teaching
The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category.
band playing
I just like playing with the band and doing what I do.
hotels leave paid pay playing spend
You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.
together band playing-together
To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.
came heaviest radio time
When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.
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.
There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.
people
When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.
christmas
The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed.
artist business extreme foot indie major music
I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss of indie artists.
guy shaved
The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off. It was ritualistic in a way.
bands certainly embraced
I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage.