Nancy Wilson

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

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.

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

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

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

My highest score karaoke song is 'Ben,' by Michael Jackson.

I like playing. Guitar... on a loud rock stage... with colored lights. Everything sounds better with colored lights!

Sleazy people are always in this business. They run the business, pretty much. There are a lot of barracudas.

'Say Hello' was inspired by optimism.

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.

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

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

We're notorious for living up to our namesake. We're all about love. That's how we roll, even when it's to a fault.

Everyone makes mistakes.

When we're home, we like to cook and be together and do mom things when we can.

The Lovemongers came together because we felt kind of overinflated by the end of the Eighties.

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

Heart weren't part of a movement like grunge; we were our own kind of movement.

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.

There have never been a lot of female guitarists out there, so most of my influences were male. Acoustically, I followed Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. Also, John Lennon and Paul McCartney - both incredible acoustic guitar players.