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My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B.

~John Oates

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I love what Alabama Shakes is doing - it's kind of like what grunge did to rock 'n' roll, they're doing to R&B.

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I'm always reading something.

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My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.

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I was singing when I was two years old, and my parents were very supportive, but they weren't musicians themselves.

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The first record I bought myself could have been 'Oh Lonesome Me' by Don Gibson or 'Wake Up Little Susie' by the Everly Brothers.

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You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.

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I don't listen to music. I very rarely listen to music. I only listen for information. I listen when a friend sends me a song or a new record.

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When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my guitar and my backpack. I was gone for about four months.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: April 7th, 1948

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