Nancy Wilson

“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.”

“The electric guitar was a big step for me, but I didn't spend a lot of time trying to adjust. It wasn't like, 'Hey, little lady, come strap on this here big guitar.' We took it in steps as much as possible.”

“My favorite acoustic is the Nancy Wilson Signature Martin.”

“We see people from 6 to 60 years old at the shows.”

“I always have dogs with me, even on the road. We call them port-o-pups.”

“I think there were a couple really good songs on 'Whirlygig.'”

“We always wanted to do a children's book of some form or another.”

“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.”

“We've always been more... weird compared to most bands, girls or no.”

“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.”

“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.”

“One of the signature things about Heart was the acoustic guitar in a rock format, which you didn't hear that often.”

“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.”

“It's the ultimate compliment to be imitated or at least be somebody's influence, for sure.”

“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.”

“We really had boundless optimism about the place of music in the culture - and in the world.”

“I've been through a lot of heartache in my day, and you turn to music to prop yourself up. It's a healing thing, and it's a powerful, powerful, beautiful thing.”

“The high road and positivity is never the easy way but always the best way.”

“I feel like I've had a lot of painful situations that I intentionally delete from my memory.”

“'Heartless' is something Ann and I wrote together.”