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John Oates Biography

John William Oates (born April 7, 1948) is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo, Hall & Oates (with Daryl Hall).

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A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.

Man, Men, Mustache, Reason, Reasons

There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.

Moving, Native, Native American, Sorts, Soul

My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and RB.

Acoustic, Guitar, Pop, Style, Synthesis, Traditional

There's a lot of craft in songwriting. The divine inspiration is when the idea comes. It may be a riff. It may be a word. It may be a phrase. It may be a title. Sometimes, in the best of both worlds, that divine inspiration extends through the whole song. I've literally sat down and written a song from beginning to end, almost complete lyrics and everything without ever stopping. . . in two minutes. The chorus of 'She's Gone' was like that.

Complete, Inspiration, Phrase, Riff, Song, Writing

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.

Amazing Life, Know, Knows, Needs, Nobody, Relationship

If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.

Big, Daryl, Missing You, Part, Touring, Would Be

Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix.

Bring, Mix, People, Sometimes

You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate it, and move somewhere else.

Appreciate, Louvre, Moving, Somewhere Else, Tent

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.

Clothes, Embarrassed, Looked, May, Way

Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity.

Comfortable, Gone, Jam, Opportunity, Skills

The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer.

Bricks, Bricks And Mortar, Exist, Longer, Mortar

To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.

Band, Playing, Playing Together, Together

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.

Away, Changed, Teenager, Two, Years

I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.

Like, Playing, Stage, Wrong

We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves.

Collaborate, People, Together, Work

My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era.

Become, Certain, Eras, Mustache, Representation, Weird

Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.

Business, Music Business, Swimming, Things To Do, Upstream

If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.

Change, Changing My Life, Stopped, Tomorrow, Touring

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