Ric Ocasek Quotes

They`re caught where there`s no way out or where you can`t see out. What are you going to do about it? I don`t have the answer. If I did there would be no insane asylums.

Sometimes you want to run away, sometimes you think you do, but you never had a dream like this before and you don`t want to ask for more, sometimes you leave a mark before you know the score.

I could never be a country person, sitting around trees trying to write a song. I would rather be in the middle of society, whether it`s growing or crumbling.

The best thing you can do for a song is to hear it on the radio and to imagine what it could mean to you and then kinda forget the words.

Never mind a world that can`t see past brutality.

Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

Once they`re on paper, they`re gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don`t let anyone know it.

People are strange. We`re all morticians. Hey, what`s on TV?

The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that`s hip or whatever. To be a part of something that`s not society, just a clique.

There`s more to light than the opposite of dark.

Your high points and your low points. High points don`t last that long, it`s a high and it happens. It`s great at the moment but you really can`t live on it.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.