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I’ve been in a band, so I understand the politics. Sometimes the bass player doesn’t like what the guitar player is doing, and you have to sort of even that out.

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Ric Ocasek

As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.

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Ric Ocasek

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.

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I’m not proud of the lyrics to ‘Shake It Up.’

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Ric Ocasek

I’ve always been a fan of poetry. I grew up with Lawrence Ferlinghetti and the Beat poets. I really followed that stuff for a while. I just love the way people threw words around like they were painting.

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Ric Ocasek

I’ve never been on a water slide in my life.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Ric Ocasek

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

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Ric Ocasek

I often write songs, and when I do, I usually write quite a few of them. I really have to be in the mood.

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Ric Ocasek

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 That doesn’t bother me much – I am fairly private, withdrawn, and… distant, I guess.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.

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