My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and RB. John Oates More Quotes by John Oates More Quotes From John Oates If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same. John Oates happy-birthdayhairsong A good mustache makes a man for many reasons. John Oates mustachereasonmen I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers. John Oates brother 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. John Oates inspirationwritingsong I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school. John Oates mustachewaitingschool The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers. John Oates recordswake-upbrother I have a great family, I live an amazing life. John Oates amazing-lifefamily-lifefamily Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. John Oates sometimespeople 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. John Oates clothesmayway 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. John Oates appreciatesomewhere-elsemoving My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era. John Oates mustacheerascertain I didn't come to Nashville to put on a cowboy hat and pretend to be a country singer. My attraction to Nashville as Music City is the variety and flexibility: the fact that there's so many musicians at your disposal, so many amazing studios and talented people that you can draw from. ... I try to be myself, but at the same time I'm learning a lot, and I'm pulling from not only from the well of inspiration that I'm getting from Nashville, but I'm pulling from my roots. John Oates cowboyinspirationcountry 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 soulnative-americanmoving You have to know when to strike and when to retreat. John Oates retreatstrikesknows To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me. John Oates playing-togetherbandtogether I like playing on stage, don't get me wrong. John Oates stage 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. John Oates teenagertwoyears The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done. John Oates styledoneroots 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. John Oates amazing-liferelationshipneeds The bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer. John Oates mortarbricks-and-mortarbricks
