Quotes by John Oates

About John Oates:

John William Oates is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, musician, songwriter and producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo, Hall & Oates (with Daryl Hall).
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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.

John Oates

I'm really in such a fortunate position to have that foundation with Hall and Oates that lets me do whatever I want. That's the dream of a lot of creative people, and I don't take it for granted. I try to make the most of it.

John Oates

Young people go to concerts.

John Oates

My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B.

John Oates

My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.

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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.

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I just like playing with the band and doing what I do.

John Oates

I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.

John Oates

I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.

John Oates

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.

John Oates

I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.

John Oates

I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.

John Oates

If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.

John Oates

The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.

John Oates

If I had to drop everything and just be a songwriter, I would be OK with that because that's the real joy.

John Oates

I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves.

John Oates

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.

John Oates

We should have an easier name to pronounce.

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I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'

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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.

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I've been asked to do various types of cruises.

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Author Bio

  • NameJohn Oates
  • DescriptionAmerican musician and member of Hall & Oates
  • AliasesJohn William Oates
  • BornApril 7, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionMusician; Singer