122 Quotes by Rick Nielsen

The song 'Hello There' was written because we never got a soundcheck. 'Hello There' was our soundcheck.

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

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

When we toured with AC/DC, we always had to bring our A game. They really felt like our equals.

Cheap Trick have always prided ourselves on being groundbreaking.

Basically, I try to let the song dictate what guitar I use. If it's a really loud, crazy song, I'll pull out the cheapest, oldest guitar I own, one that feeds back easily. But most of the time, I just use whatever's around.

I have too many options when it comes to guitars.

I started out as a drummer, and when I was 9, my drum teacher had an album out. He was the rudiment king! He signed it for me, 'Rudimentally yours, Frank Arsenault.' How cool is that?

Hendrix was a different kind of guitar player. It was like, 'Holy cow, this guy can sing, he can play all this weird stuff... what is this?' It was a new kind of music.