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The idea was to take these great songs, take them out of their production style and their dated recording style, and show them for the songs that they are--as if you had just played them on an acoustic guitar. It's all about timeless songwriting, really. - John Oates Quotes

The idea was to take these great songs, take them out of their production style and their dated recording style, and show them for the songs that they are--as if you had just played them on an acoustic guitar. It's all about timeless songwriting, really.

It's a nice niche to have but it's not something we sit around and think about, ... But it is true. Duos don't last very long. It's a very unusual dynamic. It has to be very delicately handled and nurtured. - John Oates Quotes

It's a nice niche to have but it's not something we sit around and think about, ... But it is true. Duos don't last very long. It's a very unusual dynamic. It has to be very delicately handled and nurtured.

I think we've always prided ourselves and perceived ourselves as songwriters, so it wasn't an album that we felt we had to do, ... But we knew that some day we'll do an album like that, and it will be fun. That's what it was really about. It was just the right time to do it. - John Oates Quotes

I think we've always prided ourselves and perceived ourselves as songwriters, so it wasn't an album that we felt we had to do, ... But we knew that some day we'll do an album like that, and it will be fun. That's what it was really about. It was just the right time to do it.

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. - John Oates Quotes

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.

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, - John Oates Quotes

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,

In the '80s Milli Vanilli was ruined by lip-synching, ... but now it's looked upon as enhancing people's careers. Today the weirder and creepier your life is, the more successful you are. There no longer seems to be any substance [to performers and bands] today. Everybody just wants to be famous. We come from a more traditional old school. We're proud that we sing and play live. We grew up paying our dues, learning from our masters. - John Oates Quotes

In the '80s Milli Vanilli was ruined by lip-synching, ... but now it's looked upon as enhancing people's careers. Today the weirder and creepier your life is, the more successful you are. There no longer seems to be any substance [to performers and bands] today. Everybody just wants to be famous. We come from a more traditional old school. We're proud that we sing and play live. We grew up paying our dues, learning from our masters.

[Which is why it's spectacularly appropriate that The Funk Brothers - Motown's original house band - are opening up for Hall & Oates.] It's a great bill, ... We're carrying on their tradition. So we'll see when we get into Montreal if we're going to play a few songs together. - John Oates Quotes

[Which is why it's spectacularly appropriate that The Funk Brothers - Motown's original house band - are opening up for Hall & Oates.] It's a great bill, ... We're carrying on their tradition. So we'll see when we get into Montreal if we're going to play a few songs together.

The purpose of this communication is a heads-up, - John Oates Quotes

The purpose of this communication is a heads-up,

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. - John Oates Quotes

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.

This music is like an old friend, one for whom you will always feel a kinship and closeness. When people hear this recording they will understand more clearly the roots of our original songs and perhaps have a bit more insight into where they really came from. - John Oates Quotes

This music is like an old friend, one for whom you will always feel a kinship and closeness. When people hear this recording they will understand more clearly the roots of our original songs and perhaps have a bit more insight into where they really came from.

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