People are like, 'Why are you playing that five-neck guitar?' I want to hurt. I want to play. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
We're a band's band. We have real songs, real players, real problems. Real ups, real downs. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I think I've probably had one of my guitars on display at every Hard Rock Cafe in the world. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
We played with AC/DC. There are actual recordings of us doing 'Johnny B Good' together. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I always use my Les Paul. I have a Hamer as well. I use a Tele and an Esquire - once in… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I love guitars, and guitars love me, but sometimes they need new homes where they can live to rock another day. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
The Ramones were American, and I knew about them, and I thought they were interesting. But they were like a pop band… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
The song 'Hello There' was written because we never got a soundcheck. 'Hello There' was our soundcheck. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I always thought I wrote good bridges. I was a bit more impressed with the bridges I wrote than maybe the songs… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
If you can say something special on the guitar, then you're going to perk my ears up. But if you're just gonna… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
Basically, I try to let the song dictate what guitar I use. If it's a really loud, crazy song, I'll pull out… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
In 1977, I had Paul Rivera hotrod six Fender Deluxes for me. At that time, a lot of studio guys in L.A.… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I took one guitar lesson, and they wanted me to play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' or 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore,'… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
We all record together. We do it live; then, after that, we do overdubs, if we need to, to repair stuff. Usually… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
It's an honor that people give a crap about us. We're in a rock band; we're not supposed to be treated with… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
Our band is rock n' roll. We were never just a studio band trying to make everything perfect. It was never supposed… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
Some bands, they're too snooty, or they think they're too this or that and wouldn't talk to us. And some other bands… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
We're basically a rock band - guitar, bass, drums and vocals. But we take it further than that. We can be rotten,… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
If you don't have a great chorus, write a good bridge first. I often do that and find I write good bridges. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
The Sex Pistols had it all - they had the snarl, they had the I-don't-give-a-crap attitude - plus, they could play. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I just wanted to write about stuff that was happening in real life, and that's not just love songs about your girlfriend. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
My parents were both opera singers, and they also were both heavily into religious and church music. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I started out as a drummer, and when I was 9, my drum teacher had an album out. He was the rudiment… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I never tried to emulate The Beatles, and I never really wanted to be like The Rolling Stones. I never really felt… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
Hendrix was a different kind of guitar player. It was like, 'Holy cow, this guy can sing, he can play all this… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I've seen bands come out and begin their concerts with these long, slow, boring songs. Are they kidding, or what? — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I always hated watching bands: the guy would break a string or be out of tune, and I have perfect pitch, so… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
We may not be proud of every song we've ever done - or been forced to do - but I believe we've… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share Image
I took one guitar lesson, and they wanted me to play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' or 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore,' and that… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share
I knew the guys in the Allman Brothers way back in the day, before they were famous. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share
Look at Bob Dylan: his voice is not a great sound, but it gets the idea across... and that is what's really important. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share
I started out as a drummer, and when I was 9, my drum teacher had an album out. He was the rudiment king! He… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share
I've seen bands come out and begin their concerts with these long, slow, boring songs. Are they kidding, or what? — Rick Nielsen Copy Share
Some bands, they're too snooty, or they think they're too this or that and wouldn't talk to us. And some other bands are afraid… — Rick Nielsen Copy Share
I love guitars, and guitars love me, but sometimes they need new homes where they can live to rock another day. — Rick Nielsen Copy Share
