Blue Cheer Quotes

We were very young men and wanted to explore music, we added more and more amps. A lotta people loved us, a lotta people didn't. Our music, you either like us or you don't. We're a rock `n' roll band.
Dickie Peterson (about Blue Cheer)

When I first got the bad reviews it did rattle me up. We were young and you're lacking in self-confidence. We were used to people saying `Hey, you're great' and then you see bad reviews plastered all over newspapers, it was really shattering at first. After awhile you started getting callous to it and knew that these critics slammed all the music that I liked. I knew that if that critic didn't like it I probably would.
Dickie Peterson

I think the drugs culture did some good but it became bad. I abused the Hell out of drugs, don't get me wrong I am against drugs and don't condone the use at all. I don't think it's a good idea but at that time it opened channels in my head that prior to that time were not open. It did change my life. I don't know anyone who killed themselves with LSD but I know plenty who did with heroin and alcohol.
Dickie Peterson