Ric Ocasek

I've been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn't like what the guitar player is doing,…

— Ric Ocasek

People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?

— Ric Ocasek

Never mind a world that can't see past brutality.

— Ric Ocasek

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…

— Ric Ocasek

When you become tired of fitting in, is when you truly become yourself

— Ric Ocasek

You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different.

— Ric Ocasek

Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.

— Ric Ocasek

People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private,…

— Ric Ocasek

The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part…

— Ric Ocasek

I'm not proud of the lyrics to 'Shake It Up.'

— Ric Ocasek

The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could…

— Ric Ocasek

I've always been a fan of poetry. I grew up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Beat poets. I really followed that stuff…

— Ric Ocasek

Sometimes you want to run away Sometimes you think you do But you never had a dream like this before And you…

— Ric Ocasek

When I produce other people, that's the thing I can do well because I've been in a band, and I can play…

— Ric Ocasek

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

— Ric Ocasek

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

— Ric Ocasek

If you want to talk about it, I got the time When you're looking so enchanted, you cover my mind If you…

— Ric Ocasek

I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.

— Ric Ocasek

If I would have been in a different world Like I frequently am when I see you Oh I might have missed…

— Ric Ocasek

Never mind a world That can't see past brutality Answers are getting the gas Live gestures Have constantly been used As weapons

— Ric Ocasek

Your high points and your low points. High points don't last that long, it's a high and it happens. It's great at…

— Ric Ocasek

Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes, so that…

— Ric Ocasek

There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you…

— Ric Ocasek

Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

— Ric Ocasek

People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.

— Ric Ocasek