Rick Nielsen Quotes & Sayings

Every person I've ever met always thinks their parents are weird. — Rick Nielsen

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

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 Nielsen

If I weren't as tall as I am, I would've been a member of AC/DC. — Rick Nielsen

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 Nielsen

When I do interviews, I always go in with the attitude that something good can happen from it. — Rick Nielsen

I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player. — Rick Nielsen

If I weren't in the band, I would be a fan. — Rick Nielsen

I'm a reactor. I can react to crowds, performing situations. — Rick Nielsen

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

Madison Square Garden sounds like crap. — Rick Nielsen

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

Everything works if you let it — Rick Nielsen

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 Nielsen

I prefer to be an equal-opportunity offender of the guitar. — Rick Nielsen

Soundgarden and Metallica, The Ramones, Everclear ... I think they all wanted to see if we still knew how to play. — Rick Nielsen

Surrender, but don't give yourself away — Rick Nielsen

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 Nielsen