I remember our first interviews at the Capitol tower. These magazine people were asking us things like 'What's your favorite color?' and… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I love this business. Here today, gone, gone tomorrow. I was real gone for a while. — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
In the beginning, we were a real good, straight rock 'n' roll band. We were writing quality tunes. — 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 Image
Soundtracks are made all the time that die horrible deaths - even soundtracks for popular movies. — 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.' And half… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
