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… — John Oates Copy Share Image
There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul. — John Oates Copy Share Image
'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. — John Oates Copy Share Image
I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to… — John Oates Copy Share Image
If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'Well, everything was awesome.' No, everything was not awesome! — John Oates Copy Share Image
I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business. — John Oates Copy Share Image
Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened. — John Oates Copy Share Image
When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was… — John Oates Copy Share Image
When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs. — John Oates Copy Share Image
I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great… — John Oates Copy Share Image
