Musician

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

One of the signature things about Heart was the acoustic guitar in a rock format, which you didn't hear that often.

It's the ultimate compliment to be imitated or at least be somebody's influence, for sure.

I'll work my butt off to do something well.

A dream set would include songs by other artists like Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and other favorites. More obscure Heart songs like 'Wait For an Answer' and 'Nada One' would be fun, plus fan favorites like 'Love Mistake' and 'Language of Love.' Endless possibilities.

There are some beautiful things about people like Katy Perry, who are bold enough to go up on a pink cotton-candy cloud, with a guitar, in a tutu, and sing all by herself.

I have a favorite blue Telecaster. It's an old '60-something, which I play at every show. That's probably my favorite all-around stage guitar.

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

Generally, I think of myself as a guitar player, but when I do find the right song to sing lead on, I try to do my best.

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

I have done a few solo projects that I really enjoyed and would love to have time to do more. Key word here is time!

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

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.

I just think it's good to have a big, living, breathing piece of music that's not just songs.

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.

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.

Everyone makes mistakes.

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.

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

In many ways, we might compare to The Pretenders more than others, but still, we created our own category.