Always Quote by Eric Carmen

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

I can make a record when I think I have a good one.

— Eric Carmen

Soundtracks are made all the time that die horrible deaths - even soundtracks for popular movies.

— Eric Carmen

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

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

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

It gets very lonely out on the road some times.

— Eric Carmen

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

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

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

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

I hated prog rock; to me, it was the ultimate expression of a bloated sense of self-importance and mindless self-indulgence.

— Eric Carmen