Ric Ocasek
Ric Ocasek
Richard T. Otcasek, known as Ric Ocasek, is an American songwriter, musician and record producer. He is best known as the vocalist, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for the rock band the Cars. Ocasek has been married to model Paulina Porizkova since 1989...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth23 March 1949
CityBaltimore, MD
audience certainly gymnastics talk
I didn't feel like gymnastics were part of The Cars. I certainly philosophically didn't want to prod the audience to react to anything. To me, it was more like negative theater. We didn't really talk to the audience. I didn't see that being a part of this band.
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I don't think about what is the greatest thing that ever happened to me. It seems to me that things don't last long anyway.
along people
Some people just like going along for the ride. And those are the kind of people I don't get along with too well.
I'm not proud of the lyrics to 'Shake It Up.'
check everybody game produce sound work
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 game and make everybody feel happy, and I can check their performances, and I can work on the sound while they're being a band.
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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 to ask for more, sometimes you leave a mark before you know the score.
bands crowd moved
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 moved an inch.
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I often write songs, and when I do, I usually write quite a few of them. I really have to be in the mood.
fairly people time
People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private, withdrawn, and... distant, I guess. But, um, I think that's okay.
love
The creative part for me is making songs, and that's what I really love the most, and that's what I've always done for every band I've ever had.
bands people
People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.
bands huge music understand
There are a lot of bands that have a huge appeal, but I don't understand why. Guns n' Roses. U2. But you know, that's just my thing. Music is pretty personal.
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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 while. I just love the way people threw words around like they were painting.
bob oddly people velvet
As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.