Nancy Wilson Quotes
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If you're in a rock band, you're never too tame.
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It's the ultimate compliment to be imitated or at least be somebody's influence, for sure.
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With 'Brigade,' we sort of decided to kind of revamp ourselves and put on the military garb and become more of a fighting unit, you know, like the title of the album, and sort of fight for it.
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We had the idea as women that we could walk into music and be good at it and be as good as any man and have a career in it without being taken advantage of. So basically, those things came true. The obstacle course was just more difficult than we ever anticipated. We were optimistic and very naive.
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The '80s was an interesting, confining time for songwriters, so we were just sort of riffing in our own language, off to the side.
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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.
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We struck out on our own in suburbia with parents who actually helped us get where we needed to go.
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Music changes kids, and kids change the world.
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Ever since I could remember, women's issues have been pretty urgent.
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In many ways, we might compare to The Pretenders more than others, but still, we created our own category.
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I play a lot of classical music around the house.
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In the case of Roadcase Royale, everyone in the band has a lot to offer as a writer and producer.
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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.
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There are some beautiful things about people like Katy Perry, who are bold enough to go up on a pink cotton-candy cloud, with a guitar, in a tutu, and sing all by herself.
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We get notes sent to us backstage from college students that say, 'My parents used to play your albums all the time! I grew up with you, and I love the new stuff.
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The high road and positivity is never the easy way but always the best way.
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One of the signature things about Heart was the acoustic guitar in a rock format, which you didn't hear that often.
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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.
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My favorite acoustic is the Nancy Wilson Signature Martin.
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I like playing. Guitar... on a loud rock stage... with colored lights. Everything sounds better with colored lights!
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We don't really intentionally try to sound like ourselves. I think that would be overthinking.
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As a songwriter, simplicity - what not to do, what not to play - can be the hardest thing to achieve.
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We always wanted to do a children's book of some form or another.
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I think if there's a support system in place, and you're acting adult-to-adult with a sense of unconditional love and forgiveness, only good things will come from any relationship between men and women.