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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
Around
Could
Country
Crumbling
Growing
Middle
Never
Person
Rather
Sitting
Society
Song
Trees
Trying
Whether
Would
Write
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I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.
~ Ric Ocasek
Cleanliness
Dirt
Down
Drama
Faces
Happiness
I Love
Love
Sadness
Seeing
Street
Walking
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Never mind a world that can't see past brutality.
~ Ric Ocasek
Brutality
Mind
Never
Past
See
World
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Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes.
~ Ric Ocasek
As Far As
Far
Goes
Gone
Image
Like
Much
Once
Paper
Words
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People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?
~ Ric Ocasek
Hey
People
Strange
TV
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Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.
~ Ric Ocasek
Ask
Chance
Help
Helpful
Need
Refusing
Someone
You
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Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.
~ Ric Ocasek
Anyone
Efficiency
Enemy
Know
Secrecy
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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
Ask
Away
Before
Dream
Had
Know
Leave
Like
Mark
More
Never
Run
Score
Sometimes
Think
Want
You
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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
Belong
Clique
Hip
Important
Important Thing
Just
Lot
Most
Most Important Thing
Part
People
Society
Something
The Most Important
Thing
Whatever
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There's more to light than the opposite of dark.
~ Ric Ocasek
Dark
Light
More
Opposite
Than
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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
About
Answer
Asylum
Caught
Did
Going
Insane
Out
See
Way
Where
Would
Would-Be
You
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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
Great
Happens
High
Last
Live
Long
Low
Moment
Points
Really
You
Your
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As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.
~ Ric Ocasek
Bob
Bob Dylan
Buddy
Buddy Holly
Dylan
Enough
Holly
Influences
Like
Oddly
People
Psychedelic
Some
Songwriter
Stuff
Too
Underground
Velvet
Were
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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
Anything
Audience
Band
Being
Car
Certainly
Feel
Gymnastics
Like
Me
More
Negative
Part
Philosophically
Prod
React
Really
See
Talk
Theater
Want
Were
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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
Bands
Crowd
Entertainer
Favorite
Get
Inch
Moved
Moving
Never
Some
Think
Wait
Wow
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I often write songs, and when I do, I usually write quite a few of them. I really have to be in the mood.
~ Ric Ocasek
Few
Mood
Often
Quite
Really
Songs
Them
Write
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I think bands, when they're on the road, they keep their sanity by developing an internal sense of humor.
~ Ric Ocasek
Bands
Developing
Humor
I Think
Internal
Keep
Road
Sanity
Sense
Sense Of Humor
Think
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I'm not proud of the lyrics to 'Shake It Up.'
~ Ric Ocasek
Lyrics
Proud
Shake
Up
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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
Always
Around
Beat
Been
Fan
Followed
Grew
Just
Lawrence
Like
Love
Painting
People
Poetry
Poets
Really
Stuff
Threw
Up
Way
Were
While
Words
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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.
~ Ric Ocasek
Band
Bass
Bass Player
Been
Doing
Even
Guitar
Guitar Player
Like
Out
Player
Politics
Sometimes
Sort
Understand
You
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