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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

I was always so jealous of a band like Fleetwood Mac, for instance, where Christine McVie would sing a whole bunch of songs even though Stevie was the obvious lead singer. It added variety to their shows.

Our mom was a super strident, capable, and strong individual. I think because she was a military wife in the Marine Corps, she had to push back the things that she believed, and she had to really scrape and fight to have her space.

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 see people from 6 to 60 years old at the shows.

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.

Music changes kids, and kids change the world.

Unfortunately, the music programs are being stripped out of the schools these days. We have to change that.

In the case of Roadcase Royale, everyone in the band has a lot to offer as a writer and producer.

I have a Gibson Thinline that I designed the body shape of, which I used a lot on the 'Fanatic' album that I'm going to shake out.

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

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.

We always wanted to do a children's book of some form or another.

I think it's important to be kind of brutally honest without making anyone else feel bad in any way, if possible.

They're hard to come by, good producers.

As far as havin' someone to talk to on the road, for instance, who's not a guy - it's saved my life many times to have Ann in the same group.

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

You need to know how to play live. The ones who can do that are the ones you'll see around for a long time.

We don't really intentionally try to sound like ourselves. I think that would be overthinking.

There were not very many girls in rock n' roll together with men that had a heavy rock sound as well as a more acoustic sound like Heart.

We struck out on our own in suburbia with parents who actually helped us get where we needed to go.

Being taken seriously was always the biggest challenge.

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

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 see what music can do for people. Hell, we see what music does for us! When you see thousands of people out in front of you, it's fixing their lives. It's helping. It's healing. It's bigger than the inconvenience of jealousy or emotional storm clouds.

There is a definite sound with all-girl bands, a good rudimentary sound, and that's what's cool and punk about all-girl bands that you still find, largely - it's really kind of primal.

We've always been more... weird compared to most bands, girls or no.

Heart is fun for the whole family!

Grace Slick was a total trip to work with. Lots of jokes and opinions. A strident individual and super talented!

'Say Hello' was inspired by optimism.

When you're 12, you have no gauge for what's hip or not hip - or even who you are.

I've always been a little bit in the background as a singer and even as an acoustic-guitar player, although I crank it up and rock with my Marshall stacks, too.

It is nice to be an American and to be able to have an opinion.

In our band, we had such an interesting democracy, and it worked really well.

As a songwriter, simplicity - what not to do, what not to play - can be the hardest thing to achieve.

Most of our great influences were male rockers, like Led Zeppelin.

Harmony singing is my favorite thing to do in music!

I love singing, and whenever I can sing some more vocal leads, I always covet the chance.

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

I think if there's a support system in place, and you're acting adult-to-adult with a sense of unconditional love and forgiveness, only good things will come from any relationship between men and women.

The '80s was an interesting, confining time for songwriters, so we were just sort of riffing in our own language, off to the side.

A lot of times, women are pigeonholed.