Quotes from John Oates

Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix.

Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.

If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome!

There isn't one album that says 'Hall & Oates.' It's always 'Daryl Hall and John Oates.' From the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall & Oates,' this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked.

I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.

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

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves.

The world has accelerated to the point that, as far as the album as a form, I don't know if it's going to last that much longer.

Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music.

If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.