John Oates is sharing his side of the story over his legal battle with longtime creative partner Daryl Hall.
He continued, "And it was kinda ruining my life, to be honest with you…I wasn't happy. And I said, 'Well, I'll just step aside,' people do it all the time. I mean, you look at all the artists who are selling all their catalogs…it's pretty common…It's not that big a deal. But Daryl didn't like the idea that I would sell to a certain third party.
"Because we've always looked at ourselves as individuals working together," he said. "And I felt like I had the right to do that. But, you know, he didn't." "I don't know, man — all I can say is people change and sometimes you don't really know someone like you thought you did," Hall added.Oates also shared that in his opinion, he believes Hall has "changed a lot."Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns/Getty Images