Explore Quotes by Daryl Hall

Art is a continuum.

I always say the same thing - believe in what you do, do it, and don't veer away from the truth of it.

The Internet allows me to be more free.

I'm in the trenches; I do the best work I can always do. Having said that, the way that what I do converges with the outside world is fascinating to me. Because it ebbs and flows. People's interest and understanding, it changes all the time.

I'm just about the best singer I know, and it's time for everybody to say that. I have total facility with my voice. And for some weird reason, critics don't talk about it.

I grew up in a very racially integrated place called Pottstown. It was an agricultural / industrial town which has since become a suburb of Philadelphia. I grew up basically in a black neighborhood.

I'd like to see more crossover between white and black music. That's something I've been advocating for years.

I don't like showboating. I was never a fan of showing off.

Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.

If you see me walking down the street, you're gonna see the same guy as you do on stage, dressed the same, looking the same, and nothing changes. I'm just one person.

If you can sing, you never lose your voice. If you don't know how to sing, your voice goes away because you sing from your throat.

When you're playing in front of people, everything is external. It's all going from you out to an audience. When you're in a studio, it's very internalised, it's going from the air through you into this meticulously crafted, layered piece of work.

I'm very enthused about everything. I have a lot to say and a lot of things I'm interested in.

I specialize in early homes, and what I care about the most is renovating a home and taking it back to its original construction idea.

The Philadelphia/New York world of the music business is a tough place to be.

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.

I've been traveling around the world forever.

I've always been a guy who likes to stretch my limits - to find out if I have any, really.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.

The song 'Laughing Down Crying' is not a typical Daryl song.