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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.

Daryl Hall

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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Agriculture Black Integrated Philadelphia Town
Nobody’s going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.
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Hard Millions Nobody Records
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
Americans think that if you’re popular, there must be something wrong with you.
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Country Popular Something Thinking
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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Century Creativity Mean Medium Teenager Waiting
Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.
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Circles Cousin Trave Wife
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
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
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 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
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 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
I have gone from one relationship to a marriage and stepchildren.
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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.
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Hero Heroes Influence Singers Smoky
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 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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