Nancy Wilson Quotes
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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 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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Being mothers, we try to stay home as much as possible and attend to the children.
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I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.
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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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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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When you're 12, you have no gauge for what's hip or not hip - or even who you are.
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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 see people from 6 to 60 years old at the shows.
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Ever since I could remember, women's issues have been pretty urgent.
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I feel like I've had a lot of painful situations that I intentionally delete from my memory.
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There's nothing quite as raw and honest as one person and one instrument.
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I play a lot of classical music around the house.
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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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My favorite acoustic is the Nancy Wilson Signature Martin.
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I have done a few solo projects that I really enjoyed and would love to have time to do more. Key word here is time!
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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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We don't really intentionally try to sound like ourselves. I think that would be overthinking.
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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 really had boundless optimism about the place of music in the culture - and in the world.
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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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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.
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We came from an era when women normally did not rock.
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We're not just 'ladies in rock.' We're weird people!