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
mustache eras certain
My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era.
bricks-and-mortar bricks music-business
The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer.
early good life month personal record run songs videos year
We had a good run in the '70s but we got really big in the early '80s, ... It was a whirlwind. It was non-stop demands. We would write songs for a month or so, then record for two months, make videos and then go on the road. We put out a record a year from 1971 to 1985. We had more than one record some years. My personal life was my professional life. There was no down time.
coherent goes realized stuff stylistic
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.
egos music seeing
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.
bands certainly embraced
I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage.
christmas
The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed.
others stay
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.
knew met seen
Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.
clark deserves
With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.
classics people songs stuff
We get a lot of the new songs in, but we play a lot of the old classics and even some stuff that people don't expect,
considered falls job might music playing teaching
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.
freedom releasing
We've done that over the years, each of us releasing solos. I think that's why we're still together. That freedom doesn't keep us too restricted.
communication purpose
The purpose of this communication is a heads-up,