Rick Nielsen Quotes

I also played with Jimi Hendrix. Jimi would come down and sit in with Retaliation and we would have a ball. He offered me the gig with him at 20 pounds a week, which at that point, was like 60 bucks.

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.

I would play with Guns n' Roses anytime.

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do.

I'm a guitar player first. So my first hero was Angus Young from AC/DC. I used to copy every move that he did, play every lick that he would. I knew I wanted to be some kind of a rocker, back in the day.

Me and Matt Terry would love to record music together, maybe something on YouTube to our fans.

Paul and I were friends, the Moody Blues toured with the Beatles on the second British tour. That developed into me working with Paul, whom I always admired.

I like Avenged Sevenfold and Five Finger Death Punch, with whom I did a single.

I love playing music with Duane Eddy.

Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music.

I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.

I love playing with Slash, and the chemistry I have with the rest of the guys in his band is fantastic.

When I saw Kiss, and it was monsters with guitars, I thought this was the greatest thing that ever happened.

I saw Angus Young running around in a schoolboy uniform shredding on the guitar and just thought, 'That looks like a cool job.'

The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar; now that's my idea of a good time.

I never thought I'd be on the same stage as Kiss.

I am one of the barbarians - I love rock and roll.

There's definitely no subtlety in what I do. When you want to get your face melted, you come to a Grace Potter and the Nocturnals concert.

I always wanted to make rock music as well or as an element of what I do.

I get my inspiration from a lot of bands actually. I really like AC/DC, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin and new bands. I like The Pretty Reckless.

Led Zeppelin is what made me buy my first electric guitar: the Jimmy Page guitar sound.

We played with Rush somewhere way early in our career.

Everything I ever learned about rock, I learned from Led Zeppelin.