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
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
thinking band sense-of-humor
I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.
time twilight thinking
If you want to talk about it, I got the time When you're looking so enchanted, you cover my mind If you think I'll wait forever, maybe you're right There's no such thing as now or never, there's only twilight
running dream thinking
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
greatest happened last seems
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.
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.
mark quotes run
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.
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.
few
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.