Nancy Wilson Quotes

When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer!

I play in a band, I write songs, I sing, you know, perform on stage.

I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven.

I couldn't sing without a guitar. I like the way it feels to sing and be holding a guitar, even if I'm not playing it that much. All my idols that I grew up liking always had a guitar on them, but they didn't play it - Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello. It's like having a partner with you.

The transformation that happens when a young artist goes on the road - you put the acoustic guitar down and start to play the electric a little louder - it gets a little bit ragged.

I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you.

I just started playing guitar and started singing and started working on this act that I would call 'Don McLean' when I was probably in high school.

I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.

Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.

When I want to go be Chickenfoot, I go out and I'm the artist. It's all musical.

I still play that guitar. It's a Martin D-18 with a clear pick guard. I've played that guitar on and off my TV shows for nearly 50 years.

I went to see 'Shine a Light,' and it was the most perfect thing I could have done to watch that man do what he does in front of an audience. It's primarily Mick Jagger, but they're all so confident and relaxed and in love with what they do, and aware of the power of what they do. It's just deeply, deeply attractive.

I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer.

What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer.

After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll.

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.

I feel like something I've wanted to do for a really long time, in a feature film or anything, is playing a rocker. Somewhere where I can be on a stage and have a guitar or a microphone and just kind of jam out.

I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.

I went from a playing in a bar on a bar stool for free beer and tip money, where people weren't paying attention to me, to now I've got their attention. It's up to me to what I feed them with my music. It's up to me how I do that. I've put a lot of thought into how great the songs are, and how I want people to perceive me.

I want to write songs and play them for people - live.

But KISS inspired me personally to pick up a guitar and go for it.

The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order.

You're not a rock n' roll person four hours a day or even when you're on stage. It's become the rhythm of your whole life.

Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm.