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

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

Never mind a world that can't see past brutality.
Ric Ocasek

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

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

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

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.
Ric Ocasek

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

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

There's more to light than the opposite of dark.
Ric Ocasek


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

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