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I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

- Rick Nielsen
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I was the Richard Gere non-lookalike in Illinois.

Some people design buildings and aircraft carriers and cars - and I designed picks.

The Sex Pistols had it all - they had the snarl, they had the I-don't-give-a-crap attitude - plus, they could play.

Duane Eddy is somebody I wanted to play like. I discovered him before The Beatles, and he totally got to me. He sent me a note back in 1977 and said that he really liked what Cheap Trick were doing. That's one of those 'Wow!' moments, you know?

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.

When I write songs, it's just me and a cassette player - or at least it used to be before smartphones - to quickly record a basic idea.

I took one guitar lesson, and they wanted me to play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' or 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore,' and that was the last guitar lesson that I ever took, so I taught myself what I wanted to know.

I always thought of myself as more of a rhythm player than a big soloist.

Our band is rock n' roll. We were never just a studio band trying to make everything perfect. It was never supposed to be perfect. It was supposed to be cool.

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I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.

I've owned about 2,000 guitars through the years because I've traded a lot and given away and sold some stuff.