Eric Carmen Quotes

When we formed the band in 1970, we set out to try to write great songs like the songs we heard when we were growing up,

It`s just a great joy to get back together on a stage 30 years later and be able to do it,

A couple of years earlier, I toured with Ringo Starr and played the House of Blues in Chicago. I remembered being struck by how (well-run) it was.

We looked like a garage band. We didn`t know if it was going to work out, so we rented a lot of the stuff.

But now, we don`t have that pressure, and we don`t have to stay out on the road for six months,

There was a period of time when there were so many bad feelings among the various members that a reunion seemed very unlikely,

Yeah, it`s funny how 30 years and having families and developing lives tends to change people.

We didn`t see a cover of ours (in advance) until our fourth album.

If I could take one thing back, it would be those white suits,

A certain mythology has grown up around the band after 30 years. We didn`t want to come back until we felt we could play and not pop that bubble.