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Daryl Hall Biography

Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), better known by his stage name Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer; keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates).

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Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.

Blind, Boys, Careers, Grew, Ideas, Make

The Daryls House thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

House, Live, Musician, Records, Way

As a singer, I float around. I'm kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what's going on around me in the song and the arrangement.

Arrangement, Bouncing, Kind, Singers, Song, Trying

I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.

21St, Like, Mean, Teenager, Thrive, Waiting

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.

Changes, Converges, Ebb And Flow, People, Trenches, Understanding

When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling. I don't think anything's quite as good as that.

Flash, Good, Hands, Quite, Thinking, Writing

I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

Felt, Hardest, Know, Knows, Workers

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death.

Arthritis, Causes, Heart, Problem, Stroke

Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.

Americans, Ifs, Popular, Think, Thinking, Wrong

Any song I don't feel good about, I shelve. Anything you ever hear me sing, it's because I want to.

Feel Good, Good, Shelve, Song, Want

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.

Artist, Years, Careers, Biggest, 1970S

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

Comfortable, Say, Telling, Way

You must always be very cautious and be as vigilant as you can. You work diligently to provide a secure environment,.

Cautious, Diligence, Diligently, Environment, Vigilant

I was a pioneer in MTV and I was there from the very beginning. So I saw how that developed and how loose it was and how much fun it was in its looseness. And I was influenced a lot by that.

Fun, Mtv, Pioneers, Developed, Saw

Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.

Hard, Millions, Records, Sell, Working

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

Depth, Ephemeral, Lasting, Music, Two

Being at college, I think that's the time when you really start searching for things outside yourself.

College, Start, Things, Think, Thinking

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

Build, Good, Hard, Hard Work, Ifs

I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I'm fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.

Generations, Musically, People, Philadelphia, Soul, World

The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.

Difference, Differences, Generation, Killing, People, Who Cares

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