John Oates says his complicated business partnership with Daryl Hall was ‘ruining my life’ amid their legal battle: ‘I wasn’t happy.’
Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled.John Oates doesn't think he did anything wrong. Daryl Hall disagrees, which is how the former musical partners behind such pop hits as"Rich Girl" and"Maneater" have ended up in
"When this whole situation got mired in legality and really complex legal wranglings, I got frustrated," Oates said. "And I said, 'You know what? Daryl has always wanted to be his own man.' I said, 'I'm gonna give him the opportunity to do that. If I sell my half, he can either, you know, he can do what he wants.'"Oates continued, "It was kinda ruining my life, to be honest with you…I wasn't happy.
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