Nancy Wilson Quotes

Nancy Wilson

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 6, 1954

'Say Hello' was inspired by optimism.

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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.

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'Barracuda' is very fun to play because it's like a galloping steed of a rock song.

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I love singing, and whenever I can sing some more vocal leads, I always covet the chance.

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Grace Slick was a total trip to work with. Lots of jokes and opinions. A strident individual and super talented!

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We didn't want to be the girlfriends of the Beatles. We wanted to be the Beatles.

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

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Most of our great influences were male rockers, like Led Zeppelin.

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Being mothers, we try to stay home as much as possible and attend to the children.

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Music changes kids, and kids change the world.

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If you're in a rock band, you're never too tame.

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We came from an era when women normally did not rock.

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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.

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I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.

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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.

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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.

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We're not just 'ladies in rock.' We're weird people!

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We've come through on a very strange path, and it's all somehow worked out.

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I don't think anyone does Rush songs except for Rush.

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