Eric Carmen Quotes
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When AM switched to FM, the focus went from tunesmiths to technicians, ... We felt the music became less fun than what we grew up with. And we sensed a void.
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We looked like a garage band. We didn't know if it was going to work out, so we rented a lot of the stuff.
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A couple of years earlier, I toured with Ringo Starr and played the House of Blues in Chicago. I remembered being struck by how (well-run) it was.
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Yeah, it's funny how 30 years and having families and developing lives tends to change people.
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But now, we don't have that pressure, and we don't have to stay out on the road for six months.
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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.
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There was a period of time when there were so many bad feelings among the various members that a reunion seemed very unlikely.
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When we formed the band in 1970, we set out to try to write great songs like the songs we heard when we were growing up.
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It's not just one of these reunions where it's the original drummer and three guys you never heard of.
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We didn't see a cover of ours (in advance) until our fourth album.
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It's just a great joy to get back together on a stage 30 years later and be able to do it.
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If I could take one thing back, it would be those white suits.