Rick Nielsen quotes
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“I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
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“I prefer to be an equal-opportunity offender of the guitar.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
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“When I do interviews, I always go in with the attitude that something good can happen from it.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
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“Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
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“I'm a reactor. I can react to crowds, performing situations.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
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“Madison Square Garden sounds like crap.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
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“I'm quite an example. I have four kids, all from the same wife, all from the same husband.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
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“I'm a good solid family man. I don't say I'm a good solid man.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
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“If I weren't as tall as I am, I would've been a member of AC/DC.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“Everything works if you let it”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "Song: 'Everything works if you let it'". 1980.
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“If I weren't in the band, I would be a fan.”
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“I'm in a band. I have the basic idea, but when you surround yourself with really good players, why would I tell anyone what to play, because they're that good. They don't tell me what to play. They might encourage me, so that's what I do. I encourage them.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“Every person I've ever met always thinks their parents are weird.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“I always thought I wrote good bridges. I was a bit more impressed with the bridges I wrote than maybe the songs I wrote.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“When you're growing up you need your parents, but you don't want to be associated with them because you're trying to have your own life.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“The worst thing your parents can do is try to emulate you.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“I actually did my research and tried to get kind of like a working visa for Australia. It always seemed like it was a land of opportunities. The same size as the United States with one-tenth of the population.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : Source: www.avclub.com
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“Surrender, but don’t give yourself away.”
-- Rick NielsenSource : "'Surrender' shows why Cheap Trick still rocks today" by Gwen Ihnat, www.avclub.com. February 25, 2015.
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