Rick Nielsen

Surrender, but don’t give yourself away

— Rick Nielsen

I like 'Salty Dog' by Procol Harum.

— Rick Nielsen

I like Harvey Mandel.

— Rick Nielsen

I don't like the term 'rock star.'

— Rick Nielsen

Madison Square Garden sounds like crap.

— Rick Nielsen

Nobody wants to hear long speeches.

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I got to meet Keith Moon!

— Rick Nielsen

I'd rather be musical than technical.

— Rick Nielsen

The worst thing your parents can do is try to emulate you.

— Rick Nielsen

You've got to work hard and have luck. Luck only enters in if you do work hard.

— Rick Nielsen

I never went to any high school dances or proms unless I was playing in them.

— Rick Nielsen

I'm a normal person. I don't see where people come off saying I'm crazy.

— Rick Nielsen

I was the Richard Gere non-lookalike in Illinois.

— Rick Nielsen

We're known as a touring band, not a singles band.

— Rick Nielsen

If we waited for a hit record to tour, we would never have toured.

— Rick Nielsen

I actually did try to emigrate to Australia a long time ago.

— Rick Nielsen

Our band is rock n' roll. We were never just a studio band trying to make everything perfect. It was never supposed…

— Rick Nielsen

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

We played with AC/DC. There are actual recordings of us doing 'Johnny B Good' together.

— Rick Nielsen

I'm quite an example. I have four kids, all from the same wife, all from the same husband.

— Rick Nielsen

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

When I write songs, it's just me and a cassette player - or at least it used to be before smartphones -…

— Rick Nielsen

We always record with the whole band. That's key to capturing the feel, especially trying to get a good basic track.

— Rick Nielsen

I always thought I wrote good bridges. I was a bit more impressed with the bridges I wrote than maybe the songs…

— Rick Nielsen

We're basically a rock band - guitar, bass, drums and vocals. But we take it further than that. We can be rotten,…

— Rick Nielsen

I have four warehouses full of stuff. I have every boarding pass of every flight I've ever been on. I have all…

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The only time I have a problem is when I have to get in a vehicle after we play and sit there…

— Rick Nielsen

We've got the pretty-boy lead singer and the fat, dumpy drummer, and I'm the zany guitarist. Sure, we've played up the image…

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I've taken all the mirrors out of my house because when I'm playing onstage, I feel like I'm still in high school.…

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We played New Year's Eve in Los Angeles, maybe 1978, opening for Kansas or somebody. Driving to the hotel after the gig,…

— Rick Nielsen

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

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

Everything works if you let it

— Rick Nielsen

I don't know any American rock bands.

— Rick Nielsen

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - those guys were great.

— Rick Nielsen

The way I look at it, I'm a songwriter that just happens to play guitar.

— Rick Nielsen

I don't always feel like a million dollars, but I try not to let anybody know.

— Rick Nielsen

I'm a good solid family man. I don't say I'm a good solid man.

— Rick Nielsen

Cheap Trick have always prided ourselves on being groundbreaking.

— Rick Nielsen

I have too many options when it comes to guitars.

— Rick Nielsen