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.
With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.
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.
The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers.
I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like stylistic consistency, pacing, a coherent mood. All that stuff goes out the window.
I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business.
To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.
If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome!
I love what Alabama Shakes is doing - it's kind of like what grunge did to rock 'n' roll, they're doing to R&B.
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.
We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed.
I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.
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.
We should have an easier name to pronounce.
With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show.
If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.
I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.
I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.
I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of seeing the big picture.
There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.
