Nancy Wilson Quotes
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Music changes kids, and kids change the world.
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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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It's the ultimate compliment to be imitated or at least be somebody's influence, for sure.
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We see people from 6 to 60 years old at the shows.
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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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The high road and positivity is never the easy way but always the best way.
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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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I have a favorite blue Telecaster. It's an old '60-something, which I play at every show. That's probably my favorite all-around stage guitar.
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I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.
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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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My favorite acoustic is the Nancy Wilson Signature Martin.
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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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In many ways, we might compare to The Pretenders more than others, but still, we created our own category.
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If you're in a rock band, you're never too tame.
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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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We struck out on our own in suburbia with parents who actually helped us get where we needed to go.
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I play a lot of classical music around the house.
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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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We came from an era when women normally did not rock.
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Sleazy people are always in this business. They run the business, pretty much. There are a lot of barracudas.
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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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There's nothing quite as raw and honest as one person and one instrument.
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In the case of Roadcase Royale, everyone in the band has a lot to offer as a writer and producer.