'Maneater' is about N.Y.C. in the '80s. It's about greed, avarice, and spoiled riches. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes 80s avarice greed
Back in the early '90s, I started going to Nashville to do a lot of co-writes. One of the first people I met there was Keith Follese. Keith and his wife Adrienne are both songwriters, and we wrote some songs together. John Oates 90sadrienneback share on social
Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do. John Oates businesshardmusic Change image and share on social
There isn't one album that says 'Hall & Oates.' It's always 'Daryl Hall and John Oates.' From the very beginning. People never note that. The idea of 'Hall & Oates,' this two-headed monster, this thing, is not anything we've ever wanted or liked. John Oates albumbegindaryl share on social
I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones. Jonathan Tropper 80sactionbad Change image and share on social
An intriguing paradox of the 1990s is that it isn't called a decade of greed. Paul Samuelson 1990scalldecade Change image and share on social
I learned how to comport myself among trolls, elves, hobbits or goblins. I learned that a friend can be lost to greed and avarice. I learned that solving riddles may be as important a survival skill as bowmanship. I know how to talk to a dragon, and that it's best not to. Karen Joy Fowler avaricebowmanshipcomport share on social
