I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit. – Daryl Hall
The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet’s killing the record business, I say, ‘Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.’ – Daryl Hall
I’m not a big fan of any video, especially my own. In a word, I hated the Hall & Oates videos. – Daryl Hall
The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor. – 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
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. – Daryl Hall
I wanted to show the world, and myself too, what I can do. I came up in the world of Philadelphia soul, but I’m fluent in a lot of languages musically and I like working with different people from different generations. – Daryl Hall
This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it’s been identified, I’m looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible. – Daryl Hall
The ‘Daryl’s House’ thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record. – Daryl Hall
I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn’t go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu! – Daryl Hall
To me, there’s two kinds of music these days. There’s ephemeral music, and there’s music that has lasting power and depth. – Daryl Hall
My fan base is really expanding into an inter-generational thing – it’s what every artist probably hopes for. – 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
I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do – in any way. – Daryl Hall
I’m used to the egos in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s where people just expected massive success and thought it was their birth right to be successful. – Daryl Hall
Nobody really cares about what other people think anymore; they’re all about themselves. – Daryl Hall
Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it’s pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one. – 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’m just about the best singer I know, and it’s time for everybody to say that. I have total facility with my voice. And for some weird reason, critics don’t talk about it. – Daryl Hall
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. – Daryl Hall
I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I’m not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it’s cool. – Daryl Hall