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
knew met seen
Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.
acoustic beauty bring guitar hall record sit songs sound stood sure written
We just wanted to make sure every song, like if you could sit down and play it with an acoustic guitar or whatever, it stood on its own, ... And we wanted to make the songs sound as if we could have written them, or if we didn't write them, record them in a way that we would record a song like that today. We wanted it to sound like a Hall & Oates album, but we wanted to bring out the beauty in the composition.
coast hall
With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show.
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,
affect almost wanna wish
When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating.
almost coming might point understand visibility
We've never been apart, ... The whole time, we've been working and recording. So it's not about coming back. It's about continuing. I understand why (some people) might think we had disappeared. Our visibility has been almost nil. But the point is, we're a working band.
actual decided hall inner open rock roll
When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decided to open up the voting beyond their inner circle, to the actual fans, that's when I think everything changed.
decided europe four gone graduated
When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was gone for about four months.
contrast delicate lives personal step terms
The contrast is that we're very different people, in terms of our personal lives and our personalities. We don't step on each other's toes. It's a delicate balance.
changed decline major system
The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their own decisions.