Daryl Hall Quotes

It's not normal to go into a house and see a pond in the middle of the living room full of baby sharks. It's not normal to go to someone's garage and see a private plane.

I'm always very excited by something that's a curveball or from left field.

The things that stand out are often the oddities.

I recognize out of the box that I am not the establishment candidate. There's nothing about me that would have anybody draw the conclusion that I am somehow preordained for anything.

Expect the unexpected, is what I'd say about 'Taboo.'

This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.

My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two.

I'm still astounded by some people's reaction to things I consider quite normal.

Former Gov. Weld is that kind of guy who you can't predict what his next move will be.

The world is a very abnormal place.

I want good and different parts, different from what I've done.

Once in a while, I try to sneak in something less known anyway.

It's weirder and more surprising than the other books. I think there are more places where it's just more reality bending, deliberately so. I think it's a lot more emotionally raw.

There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to do something with it to take away that comfortable feeling.

Using the word weird implies that there is a norm.

I know what I'm doing. I know I'm shocking you.

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.

My life is certainly not common, but I think of myself as... a 'normal' teenager.

I like things that sound like maybe they shouldn't belong.

The thing about Memphis is that it's pleasingly off-kilter. It's a great big whack job of a city. The anti-Atlanta. You go there, and you can't believe the things people will say, the way they think, the wobbling orbits of their lives. There's an essential otherness.

If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill.

For sure, I'm an acquired taste. People who've had that acquisition, who've acquired it, are quite surprised when they see me.

I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.

I feel really different from other musicians.