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. Eric Carmen Read Quote
As a writer, I’m always looking for what I call the universal, something everyone has felt and they can identify with. That’s the reason for the success of ‘All By Myself.’ Who in the world hasn’t felt that way in some point? Eric Carmen Read Quote
Writing is about bringing something from inside you that you’re trying to say, and not just trying to say something to please someone else. Eric Carmen Read Quote
Well, when the Raspberries ended in early 1975 suddenly I didn’t have to write to anybody’s strengths or weaknesses. I was completely wide open and I thought wow, I can write anything I want now. I can use session musicians. I can find another band that sings like the Beach Boys, I can do all kinds of things. Eric Carmen Read Quote
The Raspberries had recorded some ballads on every one of our albums, but after ‘Go All The Way’ was successful Capital pretty much wanted to hear nothing but ‘Go All The Way.’ Eric Carmen Read Quote
I’ve always thought, since the beginning of my career, that it was better to take your time and write some good stuff and then go in and not be pushed or forced into just crankin’ stuff out, whether it was great or not. Eric Carmen Read Quote
