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John Oates Quotes

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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: April 7, 1948

Topics

Business Music Artist Abyss Foot

I can't be as flip as I once was.

I grew up on Cape Cod. We didn't live right on the water, but I could walk to it and did every day.

Live Water Walk Day Every Day Right

I'm from Harlem, born and raised there.

Born Harlem Raised

What one does in the studio is to pose a series of problems to oneself. I've got to look for some deeper meaning, for some reason for this thing to be in the world. There's enough stuff in the world.

World Problems Enough Meaning Look

I try to jog in every city I visit, and I particularly enjoy harbour-front paths that let me ogle big ships, railroad bridges and the ruins of factories and warehouses.

City Me Bridges Enjoy Paths Try

A successful competition for me is always going out there and putting 100 percent into whatever I'm doing. It's not always winning. People, I think, mistake that it's just winning. Sometimes it could be, but for me, it's hitting the best sets I can, gaining confidence, and having a good time and having fun.

Good Confidence Time Best Fun Me

I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.

Myself Complacency Uncomfortable Try

Planned Parenthood is absolutely wasteful spending.

Planned Absolutely Planned Parenthood

I try to not be or associate with elitists.

I think, in history, everything is about the remix.

Jonathan Anderson

History Think Everything About Remix

The challenge for a director - and I think a lot of directors feel the same way - is that today we have to put on a producer's hat, too. Meaning, you have to sometimes think of it being 'business show,' not just 'show business.'

Business Today Challenge Hat Think

We are all the writer-director-star-producer of our own life. We see life through our own eyes.

Life Eyes See Through Own Our

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