A biography for Eddie Rabbitthasn’t been written yet.
“I had 10 No. 1 country records before I ever crossed over, and the only reason I ever crossed over was because of a fad. It was that 'Urban Cowboy' thing, where everybody was riding fake bulls.”
“If I didn't work out and everything, I'd look 15 years older.”
“I wrote 'On Second Thought' in five minutes in the back of my bus going through Montana.”
“I just don't want to cut a tune and come in later on and put things on it.”
“I've always liked 'Mist In The Meadow.'”
“People like you to be ordinary, but they prefer you if you're extraordinary. They want you to be a star.”
“You can bring your children and your Grandma to my show. Grandma might have to cover her ears, but it won't be because she'll be hearing anything nasty... just because it'll be loud.”
“Just because I have a successful dog act doesn't mean I can walk up to the lion cage and do as well.”
“One reason people are turning to country music is because of that non-music called rap.”
“Pop's not a dirty word to me.”
“You have these rap groups talking about 'Fight The Power' and that kind of stuff. What do they mean by that? Fight democracy? Fight the government, the most freest Superpower government in the world? What they need to fight is what's holding them back from getting educated and moving along in life.”
“Friends didn't believe me when I told them about him, so I'd invite them over on Saturdays to watch the monkey watch TV.”
“Well, I guess this sex symbol stuff is a nice compliment, but I don't walk around thinking of myself as a sex symbol.”
“We do a very family oriented show.”
“We were one of the hottest bands in Jersey, but I was burning up because I knew I'd never be a star in Newark. I knew the action was in Nashville and that's where I wanted to be.”
“Even though I've had 20-some country No. 1 records, I still have a hard time convincing a lot of these people in the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music that I love country music.”
“I make sure the best of what I do each year is the only material that gets on my albums; I don't want people to think I put out junk.”
“A song can go a million different ways once you first get it down on tape.”
“I write different kinds of stuff, from 'Two Dollars In The Jukebox' to 'Suspicions,' that really don't belong next to each other on an album.”
“I've been doing country music for a while, and people ask me, 'What's a kid from New Jersey doing singing country music?' I just fell in love with it when I was a kid.”