Quotes from Nancy Wilson

If you're in a rock band, you're never too tame.

We're trying to elevate humanity and not preach to humanity in the way we approach our art. We're always just trying to get a good party going.

In many ways, we might compare to The Pretenders more than others, but still, we created our own category.

We've been around for awhile, had a lot of success. Got a chance to sit around and go, 'Oh, yeah, we're pretty good.'

In the case of Roadcase Royale, everyone in the band has a lot to offer as a writer and producer.

They're hard to come by, good producers.

People started to ask me, 'Do you really play guitar?' They thought it was a prop. It was just interesting, because of all the imaging stuff.

I'm a chameleon when it comes to guitar playing and like to stretch out into different territories.

There is a definite sound with all-girl bands, a good rudimentary sound, and that's what's cool and punk about all-girl bands that you still find, largely - it's really kind of primal.

There was a lot of procrastination on Cameron's part because of the personal nature of 'Almost Famous.' There was a lot of deep, dark doubt about even doing it. I don't mind being a cheerleader, but I did reach my limit quite a few times. I do my own writing, so I understand, but I was pushed to the point of anger with the insecurity of it.

My favorite acoustic is the Nancy Wilson Signature Martin.

As a songwriter, simplicity - what not to do, what not to play - can be the hardest thing to achieve.

I have a Gibson Thinline that I designed the body shape of, which I used a lot on the 'Fanatic' album that I'm going to shake out.

We didn't want to be the girlfriends of the Beatles. We wanted to be the Beatles.

There's nothing quite as raw and honest as one person and one instrument.

Generally, I think of myself as a guitar player, but when I do find the right song to sing lead on, I try to do my best.

We see what music can do for people. Hell, we see what music does for us! When you see thousands of people out in front of you, it's fixing their lives. It's helping. It's healing. It's bigger than the inconvenience of jealousy or emotional storm clouds.

I think what constitutes rock nowadays is people that actually play and sing. They can do the job live with no ProTools or embellishments or other recorded material.

Ann and I were the main writers in Heart. We had the leadership role, and the guys in the band sometimes had a hard time with that.

Harmony singing is my favorite thing to do in music!

One night, I remember being really sick in bed with chills and a fever when Ann came in all excited and said, 'I have these lyrics! Let me read them to you!' They were the lyrics to 'Crazy on You,' and in my fever haze I said, 'Yeah! Those are really good!'

'Heartless' is something Ann and I wrote together.

There were not very many girls in rock n' roll together with men that had a heavy rock sound as well as a more acoustic sound like Heart.

We always had a lot of admiration for feminists who were out there trying to change things for the better for women, who were trying to find equality in the workplace and at home.