When you are writing literary writing, you are communicating something subtextual with emotions and poetry. The prose has to have a voice; it's not just typing. It takes a while to get that voice.


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Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ba...
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I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy th...
ADAM OATES
I am just going outside and may be some time.
LAWRENCE OATES
When albums gave way to CDs, people re-discovered their collection through their CDs.
JOHN OATES
I have a lot of friends who are involved in everything from Americana to blues to R&B to pop to ...
JOHN OATES
Americana Music is about all sorts of different music. It's very free and open: a world where pe...
JOHN OATES
In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doe...
JOHN OATES
I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
JOHN OATES
To me, when a great band is playing together, it's amazing for me.
JOHN OATES
You may be embarrassed about the way you looked and the wacky clothes you wore when you were young, ...
JOHN OATES
'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riche...
JOHN OATES
If you look over the years, the styles have changed - the clothes, the hair, the production, the app...
JOHN OATES
When I graduated from college in the spring of 1970, I decided to hitchhike around Europe with my gu...
JOHN OATES
I've been asked to do various types of cruises.
JOHN OATES
Having a mustache and never smiling became a permanent component of my persona through the quaintly ...
JOHN OATES
My mustache has become this weird iconic representation of a certain era.
JOHN OATES
I couldn't wait to grow a mustache. I stopped shaving my upper lip the day I graduated from high...
JOHN OATES
The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record ...
JOHN OATES
I think people were just starving for good material because they just weren't getting it on the ...
JOHN OATES
I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of ...
JOHN OATES
Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills h...
JOHN OATES
You don't want to pitch a tent and live inside the Louvre. You want to check it out, appreciate ...
JOHN OATES
I'm a bit more grounded than Daryl. I'm more practical, more pragmatic. Daryl looks more at the crea...
JOHN OATES
Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
JOHN OATES
My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B.
JOHN OATES
I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton J...
JOHN OATES
Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix.
JOHN OATES
A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.
JOHN OATES
There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, a...
JOHN OATES
If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'We...
JOHN OATES
Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage st...
JOHN OATES
I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically.
JOHN OATES
The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off....
JOHN OATES
I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like...
JOHN OATES
He would be overjoyed. To see the outpouring of love from the fans, the former players and the Range...
GLORIA OATES
This is just a very strong testimony to the life Johnny lead.
GLORIA OATES
It's absolutely awesome the turnout that we've had here. Friends from as far back as high school and...
GLORIA OATES
I am just going outside and may be some time.
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE OATES
This was a one-on-one encounter between an officer and a violent felon. And there's no question that...
CHIEF DANIEL OATES
It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like...
JOYCE MEYER
Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can...
JOYCE MEYER
As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if...
JOYCE BROTHERS
There is such a thing as bad publicity.
JOYCE BROTHERS
I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know abo...
JOYCE BROTHERS
I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped...
JOYCE BROTHERS
The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie ...
JOYCE BROTHERS
Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty ...
JOYCE BROTHERS
Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The han...
JOYCE BROTHERS