Quotes by Rick Nielsen - Page 3

We played New Year's Eve in Los Angeles, maybe 1978, opening for Kansas or somebody. Driving to the hotel after the gig, we came on KLOS. It was like, 'All right! We're in L.A., we just played a big gig, and we're on the radio!' That was the start of something big.
Rick Nielsen / Guitarist
Hotel
Los Angeles
Opening
Radio
Angeles
Played
Eve
Gig
Los
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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.
Rick Nielsen / Guitarist
Seville
Barber
Onstage
Tenor
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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.
Rick Nielsen / Guitarist
Opera
Singers
Good Music Today
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We all record together. We do it live; then, after that, we do overdubs, if we need to, to repair stuff. Usually when we do stuff, we have to make sure we get the bass and drums down, and by doing it live, you're actually playing the song. You're not piecing together a song.
Rick Nielsen / Guitarist
Repair
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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.
Rick Nielsen / Guitarist
Clubs
Fall
Scream
Beat
Cause
Chicken
Fits
Ground
Jump
Smash
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In 1977, I had Paul Rivera hotrod six Fender Deluxes for me. At that time, a lot of studio guys in L.A. were using those - not so much live guys but studio guys. They had terrific tone and great technique, and I was like, 'Well, I like having terrific tone even though I don't have any technique.'
Rick Nielsen / Guitarist
Six
Technique
Terrific
Tone
Time Great Me
Fender
Paul
Studio
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