During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show. Nita Strauss Read Quote
There were always people in the audience that judged me on the way I looked. They just assumed, because I was a girl, that I wasn’t going to be any good, and it motivated me to improve and nail it every night. Nita Strauss Read Quote
I dreamed of recording a guitar album since I started playing, but I just never felt ready. I never felt like I was the player that I wanted to be. But I had this epiphany: you’re never going to feel ready. Nita Strauss Read Quote
To put my name on a track as a solo artist was a big deal to me. There was no band to act as a buffer. Nita Strauss Read Quote
And, of course, there were some times when I had writer’s block and I had a hard time figuring out how to express what I wanted to express. Nita Strauss Read Quote
I think as long as you’re going out and treating everything with respect – you’re not going in there acting like a helpless girl – as long as you don’t go in there demanding special treatment, I think you won’t receive any special treatment. Nita Strauss Read Quote
It never really occurred to me to seek out a female influence, a female musician. Nita Strauss Read Quote
I don’t really find it to be a man-dominated industry. I mean, I guess when you look at it, it is, but I don’t really look at it as a female or male thing, or female or male guitar players or whatever. Nita Strauss Read Quote
