122 Quotes by Rick Nielsen

There's no way we could make up what we are. The group is just what everyone is. Each of us has a different audience.

No one knows this, but when I would play the clubs back in '65, '66, they used to call me 'Screaming Chicken,' 'cause I would go out and scream, fall on the ground, beat myself, smash stuff, jump through the ceiling, roll on the floor, and act like I was having epileptic fits.

To me, a day off is sitting at a piano or with a guitar and writing.

I think every one of our songs could be a Top 10 record.

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

I'd rather be known as a songwriter than a guitarist, although I love to play the guitar.

If you start having to tell people you're cool, you're not.

One reason I rarely listen to radio is they don't play our music much.

We do try to be entertainers, but we're musicians first, and we try to showcase the music.