Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it’s pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.
DARYL HALLAny song I don’t feel good about, I shelve. Anything you ever hear me sing, it’s because I want to.
More Daryl Hall Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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If you work hard and you’re good, you can build something for yourself.
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As I got older, my voice got better.
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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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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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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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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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Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
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Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke – even death.
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Americans think that if you’re popular, there must be something wrong with you.
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I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do – in any way.
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