Robin Zander Quotes

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.

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.

Everybody has a country side to them, as I do.

We keep some distance between ourselves when we're not working. I think that's a really good thing.

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.

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.

Country music is worldwide - it's not just Nashville and Texas.

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.

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.

I've completely embraced life in Florida after growing up in the Midwest. This is home for me.

We've been around, and we've stayed around, and we go out, and people still enjoy listening to us, and we still sell a lot of tickets, so what do I got to complain about? Nothing.

It's rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me.

I always liked that about bands like the Beatles. They could be so touching at one moment and then 'Helter Skelter' the next.

Nobody forced me to look any way. I just exaggerated what was already there.

We're from Rockford, Illinois, but we've always thought international.

I used to collect comic books. I had a substantial collection. I collect records also, but those have gone the way of the world.

I'm not a guitar collector. I own some guitars because I play.

I could do James Taylor, Neil Young, and sound just like them.

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.