A biography for Nancy Wilsonhasn’t been written yet.
“I've always been a little bit in the background as a singer and even as an acoustic-guitar player, although I crank it up and rock with my Marshall stacks, too.”
“I tried to play 'Barracuda' on 'Guitar Hero,' and because you have to anticipate and push buttons, it's really counterintuitive.”
“They're hard to come by, good producers.”
“We've never been as active politically as we have been as artists. But politics always brush up against the arts, oh, about every four years in this country.”
“Our mom was a super strident, capable, and strong individual. I think because she was a military wife in the Marine Corps, she had to push back the things that she believed, and she had to really scrape and fight to have her space.”
“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.”
“Prince, I think, trained amazing musicians to bring more to any musical table they come to.”
“I know, in so many cases, a lot of the women who came up through the singer-songwriter, Lilith Fair era, the earlier Lilith Fair era, did say that we were influences on them.”
“I think it's important to be kind of brutally honest without making anyone else feel bad in any way, if possible.”
“If you're in a rock band, you're never too tame.”
“As a songwriter, simplicity - what not to do, what not to play - can be the hardest thing to achieve.”
“Grace Slick was a total trip to work with. Lots of jokes and opinions. A strident individual and super talented!”
“Heart had originally relocated to Vancouver because Mike evaded the draft to protest the Vietnam war. We had to deal with a lot at that time - it was a tough period for the band.”
“One night, I remember being really sick in bed with chills and a fever when Ann came in all excited and said, 'I have these lyrics! Let me read them to you!' They were the lyrics to 'Crazy on You,' and in my fever haze I said, 'Yeah! Those are really good!'”
“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.”
“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.'”
“'Say Hello' was inspired by optimism.”
“Being mothers, we try to stay home as much as possible and attend to the children.”
“We came from an era when women normally did not rock.”
“The Seattle explosion was what saved rock from becoming too pompous! A great moment in music!”