I like Harvey Mandel.

I got to meet Keith Moon!

Everything works if you let it

I don't like the term 'rock star.'

I like 'Salty Dog' by Procol Harum.

I don't know any American rock bands.

Madison Square Garden sounds like crap.

Surrender, but don’t give yourself away.

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

I love to be the loudest thing in the room.

We toured with Deep Purple a number of times.

Living someplace like L.A. seemed awful to me.

I was the Richard Gere non-lookalike in Illinois.

I have too many options when it comes to guitars.

I never wanted to be Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.

We're known as a touring band, not a singles band.

Playing it safe isn't fun; you have to take a chance.

I got to work with John Lennon. That was pretty cool.

We played with Rush somewhere way early in our career.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - those guys were great.

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

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

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

I actually did try to emigrate to Australia a long time ago.

If you're going to be ridiculous, be over-the-top ridiculous.

I was always the wise guy class clown throughout my childhood.

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

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

Cheap Trick have always prided ourselves on being groundbreaking.

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

If we waited for a hit record to tour, we would never have toured.

To me, a day off is sitting at a piano or with a guitar and writing.

Some people collect this or that. I'm a musician; I collect guitars.

Playing in Japan for thousands of people was like playing on the moon.

One reason I rarely listen to radio is they don't play our music much.

I'm a normal person. I don't see where people come off saying I'm crazy.

I like the guys in Cheap Trick. I like playing in it and the music we do.

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

People used to trade their guitars to get new ones; I never traded anything.

I never went to any high school dances or proms unless I was playing in them.

I don't always feel like a million dollars, but I try not to let anybody know.

You've got to work hard and have luck. Luck only enters in if you do work hard.

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

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

We played with AC/DC. There are actual recordings of us doing 'Johnny B Good' together.

I could have moved anywhere I wanted to. But for family reasons, I stayed in the Midwest.

I'd rather be known as a songwriter than a guitarist, although I love to play the guitar.

We do try to be entertainers, but we're musicians first, and we try to showcase the music.

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

We're a band's band. We have real songs, real players, real problems. Real ups, real downs.

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