The
Secret Life Of Hall & Oates - Article by Lynn Hirschberg - ROLLING STONE #439, January
1985
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Not surprisingly,
Hall claims to have come to this conclusion around the time of Voices, the first wildly
successful Hall and Oates album. He had been very frustrated up until then; he had even
seen a psychiatrist. ("He told me I needed to make more money," Hall says.
"That's when I realized psychiatry was bullshit.") When Voices hit, Hall, who
had been nurturing these theories for some time, became certain. There was validation,
proof that he had the power. And it was power, not money, Hall had always craved. He
identified as a child with King Arthur. "I used to walk around and whack people with
my wooden sword," he says. "And now Arthur is seen as sort of the English Jesus.
I identify with that. The image of him holding the last candle of civilization against the
barbarian hordes. I feel I do that. I view everyone else but me as the barbarian
hordes." Hall laughs. First quietly, then
rather hysterically, but this clearly isn't a joke. He's serious. "Tommy Mottola
wouldn't wanna be me if he was me," he says finally. "It just looks good from
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