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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.

Daryl Hall

To me, there’s two kinds of music these days. There’s ephemeral music, and there’s music that has lasting power and depth.
DARYL HALL

Depth Ephemeral Two
I was a pioneer in MTV and I was there from the very beginning. So I saw how that developed and how loose it was and how much fun it was in its looseness. And I was influenced a lot by that.
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Beginning Fun Mtv Pioneers
Americans think that if you’re popular, there must be something wrong with you.
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Country Popular Something Thinking
Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.
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Age Golden Thinking
As I got older, my voice got better.
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Better Older Voice
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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Century Creativity Mean Medium Teenager Waiting
I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.
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Philadelphia Thinking Years
The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet’s killing the record business, I say, ‘Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.
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Difference Differences Generations People Record Saying
I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn’t go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu!
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Away Bed Fever Going Return Upstage
As a singer, I float around. I’m kind of scatty, bouncing around a lot. I try to adapt to what’s going on around me in the song and the arrangement.
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Around Arrangement Scatty Singers Song Trying
You must always be very cautious and be as vigilant as you can. You work diligently to provide a secure environment,.
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Cautious Diligence Environment
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.
DARYL HALL

Circuit Inspire Local Memories Mother Teacher
Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
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Circles Cousin Trave Wife
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.
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Agriculture Black Integrated Philadelphia Town
Success and failure are equally surprising.
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Failure Success Surprising
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.
DARYL HALL

Artific Definitely Dislike Pomposity People Perceive Song Writing

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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