A biography for Nancy Wilsonhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“Heart weren't part of a movement like grunge; we were our own kind of movement.”
“Heart is fun for the whole family!”
“Ever since I could remember, women's issues have been pretty urgent.”
“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.”
“I'm a Katy Perry fan, and I took my kids to go see her, and it was a great show, and she really can sing, and she really can play.”
“'Barracuda' is very fun to play because it's like a galloping steed of a rock song.”
“I really like the Budda head with a big Orange cabinet with Celestion 30 speakers and my '63 Fender Telecaster.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'm a chameleon when it comes to guitar playing and like to stretch out into different territories.”
“I just think it's good to have a big, living, breathing piece of music that's not just songs.”
“We're not just 'ladies in rock.' We're weird people!”
“A dream set would include songs by other artists like Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and other favorites. More obscure Heart songs like 'Wait For an Answer' and 'Nada One' would be fun, plus fan favorites like 'Love Mistake' and 'Language of Love.' Endless possibilities.”
“I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.”
“What Jimmy Page did was pretty inspiring for guitar players. He married a lot of acoustic elements into hard rock. The kind of chords he used were very left of center, with a lot of dissonance - I absorbed that like a sponge. It's all over the music I write, always.”
“Being taken seriously was always the biggest challenge.”
“In our band, we had such an interesting democracy, and it worked really well.”
“I love singing, and whenever I can sing some more vocal leads, I always covet the chance.”
“We've come through on a very strange path, and it's all somehow worked out.”