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Any song I don’t feel good about, I shelve. Anything you ever hear me sing, it’s because I want to.

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 think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.
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Philadelphia Thinking Years
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
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
Success and failure are equally surprising.
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Failure Success Surprising
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 have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do – in any way.
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Comfortable Tell Way
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
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
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
Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
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Circles Cousin Trave Wife
Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke – even death.
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Causes Heart Problem
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
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
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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