“If you don't have a great chorus, write a good bridge first. I often d...” — Rick Nielsen Quote

“If you don't have a great chorus, write a good bridge first. I often do that and find I write good bridges.”

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

“It's an honor that people give a crap about us. We're in a rock band; we're not supposed to be treated with any respect.”

“I never tried to emulate The Beatles, and I never really wanted to be like The Rolling Stones. I never really felt that I had the look or the demeanor of veteran musicians.”

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

“There's no way we could make up what we are. The group is just what everyone is. Each of us has a different audience.”

“I was such a big 'Dirty Dozen,' 'Where Eagles Dare,' 'A Bridge Too Far' - all those kinds of movies I loved.”

“Scientists are people who build the Brooklyn Bridge and then buy it.”

“Fashion is a pay-to-play game; this is an industry. At a certain point, you must bridge a gap where you are supporting the reviewer, the publication, and that is very real.”

“I feel we could be doing more to connect the increasing revenues in football to some kind of deeper purpose. This is what struck me about Common Goal. Through the one percent pledge, we are building a bridge between football and social impact around the world.”

“In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps.”

“I live in Ireland near the sea, only one mile from where I grew up - that's good, since I've known many of my neighbours for between 50-60 years. Gordon and I play chess every day, and we are both equally bad. We play chatty, over-talkative bad bridge with friends every week.”