Nancy Wilson Quotes

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.

When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time.

There are a lot of singers who cannot sing to save their lives. We have to accept it, but thank God there is such a thing as live shows. It's only when people are faced with live shows that the world gets to know how good or how bad they are.

I sell out shows. My performance is top-tier.

We're a live band. It's what we do best.

I've been playing live since I was in sixth grade.

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists.

I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.

With a play, for me, there's no time to sit back on it. You're living on your instincts. And every night there are subtle changes and adjustments, because what's in front of you is a living, breathing audience.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

I never thought I would be singing for the world.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage.

I need to show the world that my final goal is to perform huge concerts like Madonna.

I still do lots of gigs where I'm the support act and people are chatting through my set, but I've got better at grabbing attention. I mean, my parents would play on bills with people like Judas Priest and get booed all the way through. But they stuck it out, got tough.

The 'Daryl's House' thing has made me into a live musician even more than I ever was, and even in the way I record.

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.

I never get tired of performing to people who want to hear me. Hell, that's my handshake to the world. I'm doing just what I've wanted to do since that day I was 15 and heard Lenny Breau play the guitar.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

I really love live performing!

With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You're all constantly on your toes. And then with film and television, you can get a second take and things like that.

I feel like I am one of those artists that, thank god, can sing live.

Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country.