67 Quotes by Eric Carmen

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.

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

It's not just one of these reunions where it's the original drummer and three guys you never heard of.

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

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

I always wrote ballads, and I always wrote rockers.

Over thirty-plus years, a certain myth has grown up around the band. And the last thing I ever wanted to do was put us on a stage somewhere, in less than the best circumstances, and pop the bubble, have the fans come in and say, 'Gee, they weren't that good.' It's your responsibility to give them something to be excited about.

I noticed that on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' record they could get away with racy lyrics like that because of how they looked and the melodic way they sang the suggestive stuff. They slid it by the censors.

I'm a very private person.