Daryl Hall Quotes

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Daryl Hall

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 11, 1946

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

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I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.

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Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.

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I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it's cool.

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Being at college, I think that's the time when you really start searching for things outside yourself.

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You don't have to be a good singer any more if you can rap well.

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I'm not a big fan of any video, especially my own. In a word, I hated the Hall & Oates videos.

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Nixon was the beginning of people not trusting politics.

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I don't really strain my voice.

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Who knows what the right time to get married is?

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I'm used to the egos in the 1960s, '70s and '80s where people just expected massive success and thought it was their birth right to be successful.

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I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

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I was always an introvert as a kid. Then, when I first kind of came out as a human being, I used to be one of those guys who'd go nuts on the dance floor, and people would gather around.

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I do a project, and then I move on.

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

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Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.

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Obscurity is just obscurity. There's no romance in obscurity.

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

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My fan base is really expanding into an inter-generational thing - it's what every artist probably hopes for.

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To write a good song, an artist has to drawn from reality. There has to be some spark from realism that communicates a real feeling to someone else. You have to be real. Or you have to be a really good storyteller.

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