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
family amazing-life family-life
I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
brother records littles
The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers.
relationship amazing-life needs
In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about.
missing-you would-be bigs
If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.
men mustache reason
A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.
guitar style synthesis
My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and RB.
retreat strikes knows
You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.
tomorrow touring changing-my-life
If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.
clothes may way
You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, but normally, at least it's hidden in a box in the attic.
teenager two years
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.
swimming things-to-do music-business
Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
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.
roots style done
The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.