Rick Nielsen
Rick Nielsen
Richard Alan "Rick" Nielsenis the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well known for having many custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar...
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth22 December 1946
CityRockford, IL
diverse dozen good heavy rock
Like all of our records, good or bad, it's a diverse kind of record. It's not a heavy hit-you-over-the-head rock record. It's a dozen good songs.
beg love scholars-and-scholarship
I want you to want me / I need you to need me / I'd love you to love me / I'm beggin' you to beg me.
hope
We hope (the new boundaries) will be for a long time.
parent trying worst
The worst thing your parents can do is try to emulate you.
growing-up parent trying
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.
attitude interviews happens
When I do interviews, I always go in with the attitude that something good can happen from it.