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
groups
I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.
until
I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.
connection either personal realized songs
I think what we realized was that we would do songs that either had a personal connection to us or a professional connection to us,
christmas difficult framework good hopefully narrow original personally references somewhat song time work
I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to work within, and at the same time you want to do something that's personally original and hopefully somewhat unique.
americana authentic music people sorts
Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music.
americana
I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.
helps intense keeps minds
It keeps us loose. You go out here and everybody's intense and the expectations are so big, it just relaxes us a little bit. It helps take our minds off of things a little bit.
begin general nicest people
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.
desires heads people relationships
Most relationships where two people have the same motivation, needs, desires and requirements... there's usually a butting of heads at one point.
good hear people realistic realized substance time
I think we realized this is a good time now because people really do want to hear some realistic songs, something that has some substance to it.
area bit creative grew grounded looks love
I'm a bit more grounded than Daryl. I'm more practical, more pragmatic. Daryl looks more at the creative side. We have very different families, we're very different persons. But because we grew up in the same area and because we love the same music, we have a bond.
boundaries country entire eventually gospel message music pop regional spread style teenage throughout united
Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.
great perry
The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs.
album great hits people performers point shows tribute
At some point in their career, most people do an album of great hits of other performers - a tribute album that shows their influences.