American - Musician | April 7, 1948 -
The world has accelerated to the point that, as far as the album as a form, I don't know if it's going to last that much longer.
John Oates
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I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss of indie artists.
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I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like stylistic consistency, pacing, a coherent mood. All that stuff goes out the window.
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I may just keep releasing singles 'til I run out of music, which is kind of cool in a way - as long as people don't go, 'Oh my God, not another one!'
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If I had to drop everything and just be a songwriter, I would be OK with that because that's the real joy.
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I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage.
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When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.
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The Katy Perry stuff, those are great songs.
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Back in the early '90s, I started going to Nashville to do a lot of co-writes. One of the first people I met there was Keith Follese. Keith and his wife Adrienne are both songwriters, and we wrote some songs together.
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There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.
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I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.
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Once you've made a record, you don't need to make it again. It's done, and it's out there forever, a moment in time that encapsulates whatever was happening in that moment.
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