I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.
DARYL HALLChronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke – even death.
More Daryl Hall Quotes
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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.
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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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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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Around 1974, I graduated into the occult, and spent a sold six or seven years immersed in the Kabala and the Chaldean, Celtic, and Druidic traditions I also became fascinated with Aleister Crowley, the nineteenth-century magician who shared these beliefs.
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Americans think that if you’re popular, there must be something wrong with you.
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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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Nobody’s going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.
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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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If you work hard and you’re good, you can build something for yourself.
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Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
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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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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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I grew up in a very racially integrated place called Pottstown. It was an agricultural / industrial town which has since become a suburb of Philadelphia. I grew up basically in a black neighborhood.
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Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke – even death.
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Success and failure are equally surprising.
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