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As I got older, my voice got better.

Daryl Hall

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.
DARYL HALL

Around Arrangement Scatty Singers Song Trying
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
As I got older, my voice got better.
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Better Older Voice
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.
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Country Wanted Language Musically People Soul
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 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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Artific Definitely Dislike Pomposity People Perceive Song Writing
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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Amazing Flash Hands Moth Thinking Writing
Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.
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Hero Heroes Influence Singers Smoky
Americans think that if you’re popular, there must be something wrong with you.
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Country Popular Something Thinking
Success and failure are equally surprising.
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Failure Success Surprising
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
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
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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Circuit Inspire Local Memories Mother Teacher
I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.
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Philadelphia Thinking Years
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
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

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