Robin Zander

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.'”

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

“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.”

“I'm a chameleon. That's my personality in the band.”

“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.”

“Some people ask why we bother to make new music, but we still love doing it.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”