John Oates is an American musician and songwriter best known as one half of the duo Hall & Oates. His collaboration with Daryl Hall produced numerous hits in the pop and rock genres, including "Rich Girl" and "Private Eyes." Oates' contributions to music and his role in the success of Hall & Oates have established him as a significant figure in popular music.

"The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done."



"Well, because we're so different as people. And it's that difference that probably also makes it easy to stay together, because we don't get in each others way."



"If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the approach to the songs. The icing to the cake has changed flavors. But if you really look at the cake itself, it's really the same."



"I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop."



"I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the radio."



"If something that needs to be done that we don't feel confronting, we do it through the manager."

