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When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that’s an amazing feeling. I don’t think anything’s quite as good as that.

Daryl Hall

Nobody’s going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.
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Hard Millions Nobody Records
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
Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters.
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Bob Care Everybody Green Matter
To me, there’s two kinds of music these days. There’s ephemeral music, and there’s music that has lasting power and depth.
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Depth Ephemeral Two
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
Americans think that if you’re popular, there must be something wrong with you.
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Country Popular Something Thinking
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
Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
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Circles Cousin Trave Wife
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
Any song I don’t feel good about, I shelve. Anything you ever hear me sing, it’s because I want to.
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Feel Good Song Want
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
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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Artist Cliche End Trying
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
If you work hard and you’re good, you can build something for yourself.
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Good Hard Work Something
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.
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Always Converse Ebb Fascinate Flow Outside People Understanding World
I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I’m fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations.
DARYL HALL

Country Wanted Language Musically People Soul

When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that’s an amazing feeling. I don’t think anything’s quite as good as that.

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When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that’s an amazing feeling. I don’t think anything’s quite as good as that.

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