John Oates Quotes

A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.

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

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.

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

I'd like to do something with the Avett Brothers.

I have a great family, I live an amazing life.

I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high school.

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.

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

The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

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

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

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.

The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

I may just keep releasing singles 'til I run out of music, which is kind of cool in a way - as long as people don't go, 'Oh my God, not another one!'

The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed.