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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

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.
DARYL HALL

Century Creativity Mean Medium Teenager Waiting
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 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!
DARYL HALL

Away Bed Fever Going Return Upstage
If you work hard and you’re good, you can build something for yourself.
DARYL HALL

Good Hard Work Something
As I got older, my voice got better.
DARYL HALL

Better Older Voice
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
I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren.
DARYL HALL

Gone Marriage Relationship Stepchild Stepchildren
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
Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke – even death.
DARYL HALL

Causes Heart Problem
I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.
DARYL HALL

Philadelphia Thinking Years
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
Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it’s pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.
DARYL HALL

Artist Cliche End Trying
Any song I don’t feel good about, I shelve. Anything you ever hear me sing, it’s because I want to.
DARYL HALL

Feel Good Song Want
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

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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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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