Eric Carmen Quotes

50 percent of the people I perform for have come to scream at me and the other 50 percent have come to listen to the music.

Just going on the road and entertaining the fans, that's amazing.

I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies.

To be honest, I've only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.

A lot of times you go to a concert, and when you leave, you don't know anything more about the act then when you got there.

When I played in a band, people just stand there and look at you and criticize what they didn't like. But if you watch a D.J. show, people go crazy from beginning to end. Say what you want against D.J.'s, but you can't deny that the energy level in the audience is for the most part far above what rock bands have.

It's nice to see bands you could see at a bar finally get a chance.

I'm kind of a geek when it comes to talking about chord structures or melody, so I always loved in-depth conversations with musicians about things. I also enjoy when a fan can just put something on, and they really know nothing about music other than they like it and it touches them in some way.

In Europe we play big concerts, but in America it's so cool to see all the people - and all the girls.

I always say, when I play the first few notes and people scream... if you're tired of that, you should try retail. What else are you looking for?

I've seen those kids at the shows, I can hear them, and I can certainly tell the difference between one of our fans and a Fall Out Boy fan who's just there because they heard we were hot.

Fewer and fewer bars are doing live music. Instead it's more DJs and dance parties.

I like a lot of the new artists, but there's only one I can name that stands out to me the most: Kendrick Lamar.

Musically, I just like when people are knowledgeable about music and they can talk to you about it.

I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.

I've known Chicago for 50 years; we used to play shows at the Avalon Ballroom.

I'd do the blues all the time if I could, that's what I'm into. But people just don't like to hear it.

I like talking about my music.

Contextualize the music. I really hope to do more of that.

People unfortunately think that if you progress as a musician you are wimpy. I don't get that.

The '80s don't seem to have gone away. Most weekends in the summer we're off doing a festival in front of 10,000 or 15,000 people with a load of other '80s acts. It was just such a great era for music, for individuals and characters. It just had a spirit.

In Berkley, they have academic studies on all genres of music including rock and jazz, but in India, we don't have serious academic research and studies on film music; it is such an interesting area of study.

I grew up in Southern California. I played in rock bands out here, and I've been around pop music my whole life. I've been around all music my entire life.

I never really thought of music as a particularly social thing. I experienced music through recordings as opposed to concerts. It just makes you think about the way things are put together, the way things are written as opposed to the showbusiness of something onstage, so no regrets there.