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" After all these years, I still get nervous in front of people. I can't help it. I just, you know, I want it to be a good show, and I want people to get their money's worth. "
You
Good
Help
" As far as Cheap Trick albums, I like the Red Ant record, which is just called 'Cheap Trick,' from 1997; that's my second-favorite album. "
Far
Trick
Red
" Bun E.'s a member of the band, but he's not touring, and he's not recording... We've had our differences, but we're all settled up now, and hopefully we can forget about that era. These decisions that Cheap Trick makes, Bun E. is part of. "
Forget
Band
Decisions
" Country music is worldwide - it's not just Nashville and Texas. "
Just
Country
Texas
" 'Dream Police' was in the can and ready to go when 'Budokan' started taking off worldwide, sales-wise. "
Dream
Police
Started
" Each record is sort of like a brand new baby, where it's your favorite thing at that moment in time. "
Time
New
Moment
" Early on, I was into David Bowie. Then someone in the band suggested I try a Bryan Ferry type of thing. That's when I started wearing three-piece suits. It wasn't unnatural for me. "
Try
Band
Early
" Everybody has a country side to them, as I do. "
Them
Side
Country
" I always liked that about bands like the Beatles. They could be so touching at one moment and then 'Helter Skelter' the next. "
Next
Moment
Like
" I could do James Taylor, Neil Young, and sound just like them. "
Them
Just
Sound
" I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you. "
You
Say
Band
" I hope the best for anybody in this business. It's hard enough as it is, and of course you don't get much respect from anybody, but when you do, you should appreciate it. "
You
Best
Hard
" I'm a casual F1 racing fan. I'm probably more of a stock car, NASCAR guy. "
Car
Fan
Guy
" I'm a chameleon. That's my personality in the band. "
Band
Personality
Chameleon
" I'm not a guitar collector. I own some guitars because I play. "
Because
Guitar
Own
" I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good. "
Good
Saying
Plant
" I think all of our records are a progression of some sort. "
Our
Sort
Think
" I think maybe we were just a little bit overdone. It was saturated. People may have gotten tired of us. We were everywhere, all the time. "
Think
People
Little
" I think we've got three that we have to play, and that would be 'Surrender,' 'Dream Police' and 'I Want You to Want Me.' "
You
Dream
Me
" It's rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me. "
Enough
Anybody
Me
" I used to collect comic books. I had a substantial collection. I collect records also, but those have gone the way of the world. "
Books
Records
Used
" I've completely embraced life in Florida after growing up in the Midwest. This is home for me. "
Growing Up
Life
Me
" I was a young boy. A stock car guy used to live across the street from us. He'd work on his car, and both of my older brothers became gearheads. "
Live
Boy
Young
" My father was indeed a musician, but he was a weekend warrior. He was a welder, actually, and worked all his life at the Ironworks in Beloit Wisconsin, and he played in a swing band on weekends. "
Weekend
He
Father
" Nobody forced me to look any way. I just exaggerated what was already there. "
Way
Forced
Me
" Opening for certain acts after so many years of headlining obviously made us resentful. It was kind of hard watching all these bands, who I really believed didn't deserve to be on top musically, going ahead and pushing us out. "
Ahead
Deserve
Kind
" Some people ask why we bother to make new music, but we still love doing it. "
Music
Some People
People
" To me, it's like, what's good for me is good for Cheap Trick... and what's good for Rick is good for Cheap Trick, and so on... and that's the thing. "
Good
Cheap
Trick
" We keep some distance between ourselves when we're not working. I think that's a really good thing. "
Good
Distance
Working
" We're from Rockford, Illinois, but we've always thought international. "
Illinois
Thought
International
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