I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers. John Oates More Quotes by John Oates More Quotes From John Oates Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. John Oates music-businessthings-to-doswimming My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and RB. John Oates styleguitarsynthesis If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life. John Oates changing-my-lifetouringtomorrow We collaborate together. We work with other people. We work by ourselves. John Oates togetherpeople If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing. John Oates touringwould-bemissing-you Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world. John Oates youthstylemusicculture The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off. It was ritualistic in a way. John Oates oldmustachewantway Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly self-important decade of the seventies. John Oates smilingnevermustachepermanent I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people. John Oates i-wishsmallwishpeople I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. John Oates musicallythingslikevariety When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was gone for about four months. John Oates guitarcollegegonespring If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager. John Oates managersomethingfeeldone It's the music that brings us together. John Oates bringsusmusictogether If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends. John Oates whetherfriendsmusicdoubt 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 each others way. John Oates easytogetherpeopleway I just like playing with the band and doing what I do. John Oates doingjustlikeband I do a lot of things behind the scenes. I do a lot of things that don't hit the headlines. John Oates hitbehindthingsheadlines
