John Oates

“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.”

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

“Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where people just like authentic music.”

“I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to country.”

“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.”

“'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches.”

“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.”

“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...”

“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 songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time...”

“I've been asked to do various types of cruises.”

“The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a p...”

“I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio.”

“My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B.”

“When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.”

“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 t...”

“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.”

“The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs.”

“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.”

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

“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.”