In the beginning, we were a real good, straight rock 'n' roll band. We were writing quality tunes. — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
The Raspberries were together two years for one century. It was a very successful failure of a group. — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
The Raspberries had recorded some ballads on every one of our albums, but after 'Go All The Way' was successful Capital pretty… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
My song from 'Footloose,' 'Almost Paradise,' went number 1 dislodging Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' from that spot. — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I've never done any vocal warm ups, ever. As a matter of fact, I learned to sing playing three sets a night… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
The Raspberries was formed as kind of a reaction to prog rock, which we didn't like. 'Let's bring some songwriting and harmonies… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I was known as a ballad singer who sang melodramatic heavily produced ballads. I'm not known as a mid-tempo singer who does… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
It was easy for people to be derisive about our music because they saw what we were doing as retro. But we… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
We didn't want to be tied to that damn teenybopper market. We tried to convince our record company that we could do… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
When the second album came out, everybody gravitated immediately to the three and a half minute rock tunes and ignored the ballads.… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Most bands play one style of song. If you listen to Metallica it all sounds exactly like Metallica, and if you listen… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Half the people tell me, 'I love 'Go All the Way,' but why do you have to write all those schlocky ballads.'… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I noticed that on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' record they could get away with racy lyrics like that because of how… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I noticed that on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' record they could get away with racy lyrics like that because of how they looked… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
Soundtracks are made all the time that die horrible deaths - even soundtracks for popular movies. — Eric Carmen Copy Share
Half the people tell me, 'I love 'Go All the Way,' but why do you have to write all those schlocky ballads.' And half… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
There was nothing wrong with having teen-age fans, but we were hoping to appeal to a much broader audience than the 13-to 17-year-olds. — Eric Carmen Copy Share
I wanted to have a band that could rock as hard as the Who and sing like the Beatles and the Beach Boys; a… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was put us… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
I've had a great luxury in my career in that I became a very successful songwriter, which made it unnecessary for me to have… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
When the second album came out, everybody gravitated immediately to the three and a half minute rock tunes and ignored the ballads. They thought… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
Well, when the Raspberries ended in early 1975 suddenly I didn't have to write to anybody's strengths or weaknesses. I was completely wide open… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
I hated prog rock; to me, it was the ultimate expression of a bloated sense of self-importance and mindless self-indulgence. — Eric Carmen Copy Share
The Raspberries had recorded some ballads on every one of our albums, but after 'Go All The Way' was successful Capital pretty much wanted… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
When I was in the studio doing 'Hungry Eyes,' we had to make it an '80s record, but we wanted it to feel like… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
There are things that you write when you're 20 and there are things that you write when you're 40 and then there are things… — Eric Carmen Copy Share
