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With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show.

I think the key to making records generally is to make 'em for yourself, regardless of the climate in the business.

The only job I'd ever had that might be considered not playing music was teaching guitar, which I did in college for a while, but that still falls in the same category.

There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.

The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs.

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

I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss of indie artists.

I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.

I used to love assemblies because it got me out of class.

The decline of the major labels has changed the audience. They aren't force-fed by a system any more. They can make their own decisions.

I'm really in such a fortunate position to have that foundation with Hall and Oates that lets me do whatever I want. That's the dream of a lot of creative people, and I don't take it for granted. I try to make the most of it.

When you really can't affect something, you almost don't wanna wish too hard, because it's just frustrating.

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

I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.

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.

I'm bad at math.

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.

I wish I could see over crowds and small groups of people.

If it wasn't for music, I doubt whether we'd be friends.

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

It's the music that brings us together.