All I need is what you've got / All I'll tell is what you're not / All you know is what you hear / I get this way when you come near |
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. |
I don't think about what is the greatest thing that ever happened to me. It seems to me that things don't last long anyway. |
I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness. |
I'm elated about becoming part of Elektra again. In 1970, Elektra was the first record company I ever visited. I was just a kid from Cleveland, but I idolized Elektra bands like the Doors, Love, Joni Mitchell and all the others. ... The Cars signed with Elektra in 1978, so I feel like I'm coming full circle. |
Never mind a world that can't see past brutality. |
Oh oh it's magic / When I'm with you / Oh oh it's magic / You know it's true / Got a hold on you |
Once they're on paper, they're gone. I like to do as much with the words, as far as image goes. |
People are strange. We're all morticians. Hey, what's on TV?" |
Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful. |
Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it. |
Some people just like going along for the ride. And those are the kind of people I don't get along with too well. |
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. |
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. |
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. |