Ric Ocasek Quotes


"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
(Related: Society, Country, Song, Trees, Trying)

"I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness."
- Ric Ocasek
(Related: Happiness, Love, Cleanliness, Drama, Faces, Sadness, Walking)

"Never mind a world that can't see past brutality."
- Ric Ocasek
(Related: Mind, Past, World)

"Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes."
- Ric Ocasek
(Related: Words)

"Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful."
- Ric Ocasek
(Related: Chance, Help)

"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
(Related: Dream, Want)

"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
(Related: Society, People)

"There's more to light than the opposite of dark."
- Ric Ocasek
(Related: Light)

"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
"People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?"
- Ric Ocasek
(Related: People)