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Rick Nielsen Quotes

American - Musician | December 22, 1948 -

People used to trade their guitars to get new ones; I never traded anything.

People New Never Anything Trade Get

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 any respect.

Respect People Honor Rock Band Us

I have four warehouses full of stuff. I have every boarding pass of every flight I've ever been on. I have all the old contracts that we had from all the clubs and concerts we played, every one of them, up from 1980. Guitar picks and amps - it goes on and on.

Guitar Flight Old Up Contracts Four

I was three years old, and I walked onstage during a performance that my father was a tenor in 'The Barber of Seville.' I walked out onstage, and people started laughing and clapping, and that was it. That was all it took. Laughing and clapping, I still enjoy today.

Father Today People Performance Out

My parents were opera singers. I didn't want to play opera because I wasn't good enough. I didn't want to play their music; I wanted to play the music that I wanted to play, and I'm so lucky that today I get to play that music, even though I don't like every song I write.

Good Music Today Parents Song Play

We're a band's band. We have real songs, real players, real problems. Real ups, real downs.

Problems Band Real Players Songs

I feel like such an idiot... you know, that our band didn't break up just so we can re-form and become more and more popular.

Feel Idiot You Know Become More

We may not be proud of every song we've ever done - or been forced to do - but I believe we've done more than meets the eye.

Song Eye Believe Proud Done More

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

Work Luck Work Hard You Hard Got

I like the guys in Cheap Trick. I like playing in it and the music we do.

Music Cheap Playing Like Trick Guys

We tried to act trendy. We took one of our songs and tried to make a dance mix. They put it on the turntables, unannounced, in Los Angeles and New York the same weekend, where they had a big dance crowd going wild. It cleared the floor on both coasts.

Dance New York Weekend New Wild Big

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.

Group Way Everyone Audience Up Us

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