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
life
I've never been on a water slide in my life.
deep flash fragile movies smile wild
You think you're in the movies / And everything's so deep / But I think that you're wild / When you flash that fragile smile
hold magic oh true
Oh oh it's magic / When I'm with you / Oh oh it's magic / You know it's true / Got a hold on you
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.
bands becoming cars company elated elektra full idolized kid mitchell record signed
I'm elated about becoming part of Elektra again. In 1970, Elektra was the first record company I ever visited. I was just a kid from Cleveland, but I idolized Elektra bands like the Doors, Love, Joni Mitchell and all the others. ... The Cars signed with Elektra in 1978, so I feel like I'm coming full circle.
hear near
All I need is what you've got / All I'll tell is what you're not / All you know is what you hear / I get this way when you come near
magic knows
Oh oh it's magic, when I'm with you, oh oh it's magic, you know it's true, got a hold on you.
thinking giving mind
If I would have been in a different world Like I frequently am when I see you Oh I might have missed All the ways you try to give If only you knew what you do to me Sometimes I think about eternity If it would have been another time I wonder what you would of had in mind
country song writing
I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it's growing or crumbling.
people tvs hey
People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?
people insane answers
They're caught where there's no way out or where you can't see out. What are you going to do about it? I don't have the answer. If I did there would be no insane asylums. But I see a lot of people, a lot of my friends in the same predicament. Many times in my life, I was there myself.
past mind world
Never mind a world that can't see past brutality.
enemy efficiency secrecy
Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.
long live-in-the-moment lasts
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 the moment but you really can't live on it.