John Oates
John Oates

I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage.

John Oates
John Oates

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.

John Oates
John Oates

I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.

John Oates
John Oates

Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly self-important decade of the seventies.

John Oates
John Oates

When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.

John Oates
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
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
John Oates

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.

John Oates
John Oates

I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some of the nicest as well.

John Oates
John Oates

If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.

John Oates
John Oates

I'm bad at math.

John Oates
John Oates

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

John Oates
John Oates

The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed.

John Oates
John Oates

You don't wanna be around your family constantly.

John Oates
John Oates

When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.

John Oates
John Oates

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

John Oates
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
John Oates

If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.

John Oates
John Oates

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

John Oates
John Oates

I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines.