John Oates Quotes

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• I just like playing with the band and doing what I do.
• I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
• You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.
• I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.
• Well, before we met I had heard and seen him sing so I knew he was good.
• I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to…
• We should have an easier name to pronounce.
• I couldn't begin to name names... in general I have found racers to be some of the most competitive people on the planet... and some…
• I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines.
• I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong.
• I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.
• If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.
• If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.
• If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager.
• 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…
• It's the music that brings us together.
• Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix.
• The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.
• To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.
• Well, because we're so different as people. And it's that difference that probably also makes it easy to stay together, because we don't get in…

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