Quotes From Ann & Nancy Wilson Of Heart

Nancy: "The lightning bolt came out of the heavens and struck Ann and me the first time we saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show."

Ann: "Led Zepplin, you can't find a better band to pay tribute to."

Nancy: "The effect of music is huge. It is so human, yet it is beyond human."

Ann: "Fleetwood Mac are more like a folk-rock band."

Nancy: "Our ideal of sexuality was much more natural, like nymphs running through the woods."

Ann: "I like the White Stripes and I like the kinda twang American thing right now."


Nancy: "A dream set would include songs by other artists like Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and other favorites."

Ann: "Separating business from family is never completely possible since Nancy and I run the family business."

Nancy: "Joni Mitchell became a huge influence on us. But it wasn't till after the initial Beatles explosion that you started seeing women come forward as their own songwriters."

Ann: "I never get tired of being with Nancy, and the older I get, the more I love her company, musical and otherwise."

Simon & Garfunkel Quotes

Paul Simon: "We've survived by believing our life is going to get better."

Art Garfunkel: "I met paul in our school play, Alice In Wonderland. He was this funny guy who cracked me up all the time."

Paul Simon: "Improvisation is too good to leave to chance."




Art Garfunkel: "I was a student at Columbia College, actually, in the architecture school. Paul would drive in from Queens, showing me these new songs. I can't remember us working it out."

Paul Simon: "Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and a player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that."

Art Garfunkel: "I hated performimg. I love to sing but I don't love to sing in front of people. I don't have much of a feel for performing."

Paul Simon: "There was no great pressure to stay together other than money, which exerted very little influence upon us. We didn't need the money."

Art Garfunkel: "Paul is like John Lennon. They're feisty. There's a rebellious attitude."

Paul Simon: "The breakup had to do with a natural drifting apart as we got older and the separate lives that were more individual."

Art Garfunkel: "We were tired of working together. We wanted a break from each other."

Paul Simon Quotes

"I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent."

"I don't like fashion. It's very heartless."

"There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful."

"I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing."

"It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him."

"Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do."



"Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work."

"Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good."

"I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it."

"I'm not in it for the money. I like music. I love to write music. I can't imagine myself not playing or singing or writing. It would just drive me crazy if I didn't."

"My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting."

"We've survived by believing our life is going to get better."