Reject what you don't want. Get rid of dead wood.
From Daryl Hall
If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.
I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.
I was always an introvert as a kid. Then, when I first kind of came out as a human being, I used to be one of those guys who'd go nuts on the dance floor, and people would gather around.
I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn't go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu!
I'm in the trenches; I do the best work I can always do. Having said that, the way that what I do converges with the outside world is fascinating to me. Because it ebbs and flows. People's interest and understanding, it changes all the time.
The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.
For years and years, I was beset with snide remarks by certain members of the press, where they would turn John Oates into a joke, or they would trivialize what I do, which never really bothered me all that much.
As I got older, my voice got better.
When I was a kid, I always looked up to people like B.B. King and Ray Charles.
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