Zap2it: How was the induction ceremony from your perspective?
Daryl Hall: I think it was indicative of the music business ... and when I say "music business," I use that in very loose terms. To me, the music business is organized crime; it's not a business. [The ceremony] was interminable windbaggery.
Zap2it: You've said you were surprised to be inducted. Was that still a thought for you on that night?
Daryl Hall: Well, yeah. I never expected it, because I've always worked on the outside of all this stuff. I'm not a friend of those people, I'm not part of their world, and I was surprised to be included in it.
If you want the truth, I think there was a lot of pressure put on them from the outside to do it. All I can say about it, in general, is that I'm very happy to be in a museum that's part of probably the biggest thing that happened in the history of music. They made me part of it, I'm very happy about it, and I'm sure John is, too. But boy, suffering through that ceremony - I had more fun in gallbladder surgery.