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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.

Daryl Hall

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.
DARYL HALL

Beginning Fun Mtv Pioneers
You must always be very cautious and be as vigilant as you can. You work diligently to provide a secure environment,.
DARYL HALL

Cautious Diligence Environment
I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do – in any way.
DARYL HALL

Comfortable Tell Way
Americans think that if you’re popular, there must be something wrong with you.
DARYL HALL

Country Popular Something Thinking
Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.
DARYL HALL

Hero Heroes Influence Singers Smoky
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
I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.
DARYL HALL

Philadelphia Thinking Years
Nobody’s going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.
DARYL HALL

Hard Millions Nobody Records
I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren.
DARYL HALL

Gone Marriage Relationship Stepchild Stepchildren
As I got older, my voice got better.
DARYL HALL

Better Older Voice
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.
DARYL HALL

Always Converse Ebb Fascinate Flow Outside People Understanding World
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.
DARYL HALL

Bob Care Everybody Green Matter
Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
DARYL HALL

Circles Cousin Trave Wife
Success and failure are equally surprising.
DARYL HALL

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.
DARYL HALL

Circuit Inspire Local Memories Mother Teacher

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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