Quotes by Daryl Hall

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.

— Daryl Hall

Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.

— Daryl Hall

I was always an introvert as a kid. Then, when I first kind of came out as a human being, I used to be one of those guys who'd go nuts on the dance floor, and people would gather around.

— Daryl Hall

Life

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.

— Daryl Hall

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

— Daryl Hall

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death.

— Daryl Hall

Love

If Paul McCartney tells me that so-and-so song is his favorite song, what do I care? What do I care what anybody else says?

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If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

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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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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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I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know.

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I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.

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Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.

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Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.

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Reject what you don't want. Get rid of dead wood.

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The whole American pop culture started in Philadelphia with 'American Bandstand' and the music that came out of that city.

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The younger generation gives me more respect than I could ever hope for.

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Hope

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

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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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I hear a lot of people singing in funny voices and singing like they're stupid. Singing in a deliberately fey and dumb and childish way. And I find it to be a disturbing trend.

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I think an artist's true worth comes through an inter-generational thing - when you go beyond your own time, and start influencing people in a greater way than just what surrounds you.

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I've always been a spontaneous singer. And all the stuff that you hear on the end of the songs, what they call the ad libs - that just comes out of my head. That's not thought out at all. I have the verses and the choruses, and then after that it's total improvisation.

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If you are a superstar, or whatever you want to call yourself, a person who's had outrageous success, and you decide to go indie and tell the record companies to screw themselves? That takes a certain amount of courage. And bullheadedness, really.

— Daryl Hall