Ric Ocasek

“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.”

“People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.”

“People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?”

“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.”

“I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.”

“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.”