Daryl Hall Quotes

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Daryl Hall

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 11, 1946

If you are a superstar, or whatever you want to call yourself, a person who's had outrageous success, and you decide to go indie and tell the record companies to screw themselves? That takes a certain amount of courage. And bullheadedness, really.

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I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren.

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I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.

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I've got a sense of humor. I'm a funny guy.

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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.

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If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

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You don't have to be a good musician if you've got certain computer skills.

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I've been watching RFD-TV for a few years. As a person who lives mostly in the country, I appreciate a network that shows the many facets of rural life.

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

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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.

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

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All artists have insecurity.

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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.

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I think there are people who really always have and always will care about the quality of music in general, about the sound of the music, things like that.

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I've been traveling around the world forever.

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I hear a lot of people singing in funny voices and singing like they're stupid. Singing in a deliberately fey and dumb and childish way. And I find it to be a disturbing trend.

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If Paul McCartney tells me that so-and-so song is his favorite song, what do I care? What do I care what anybody else says?

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The first thing I ever did was play talent shows at the Uptown Theater and the Adelphi Ballroom.

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Late 20th century music was a really important thing. It changed the world, and I'm part of that, and now I'm part of the museum that celebrates that.

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Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.

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