The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could mean to you and then kinda forget the words. Just imagine how you felt when you heard it,… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share Image
I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing, and you… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
I don't think I'm an entertainer. I never think, 'Wow, I can't wait to get the crowd moving.' Some of my favorite bands never… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different. — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes. — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private, withdrawn, and...… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could mean to… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
I've always been a fan of poetry. I grew up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Beat poets. I really followed that stuff for a… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
Sometimes you want to run away Sometimes you think you do But you never had a dream like this before And you don't want… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
When I produce other people, that's the thing I can do well because I've been in a band, and I can play the political… — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness. — Ric Ocasek Copy Share
