A biography for Eddie Rabbitthasn’t been written yet.
“Freedom of the press without responsibility is madness.”
“A writer has to keep one foot in the street and one pocket empty and be hungry for it.”
“I always break three or four guitar strings per show and fling them at the audience.”
“I never went to parties for the same reason I never went to clubs, because I had worked so many clubs with a band up in Jersey that I just wasn't interested in hanging out in places.”
“I drive everybody crazy when I go into hiding to record... managers, the label, everybody!”
“It's important to help where you can.”
“Steve Binder did the Elvis comeback special in 1968, you know. He did the Diana Ross special. He has won Emmy Awards. I think he's the premier, variety special man in America.”
“I write music I like to write and that I'm comfortable with.”
“I did two years of walking the street and soul-searching. During that time I lived off $37.50 a week - that was $2.50 a week more than my Dad made during the Depression.”
“MTV promotes the most violent of acts in front of our children.”
“I write all different types of music, which can be a blessing and a curse.”
“It takes a long time to write 10 good songs. Sometimes you have to write 30 to get 10 good ones.”
“When a guy like Elvis sings your song, well, you know Elvis didn't cut any junk. People thought, 'This must be a good writer.'”
“Working the road will kill you. Eating cheeseburgers, sleeping odd hours. If you don't do something, it breaks you down. People think that it is glamorous; it is not glamorous.”
“They've always had a hard time categorizing me, it seems, even though most of my stuff is country of one kind or another - usually country spilling over into the old adult-contemporary charts.”
“The 'in your face' MTV attitude is a global problem.”
“I think rap is creating a reverse racism.”
“I have always come out of left field with my stuff.”
“I cant live in a 'world without love.'”
“I was always going out to joints in Jersey that played country music. I was always around it. I liked the lyrics, the simple melodies, the soulful-ness.”