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These are frequently asked questions (FAQ) nigh vocalizer-songwriter Stevie Nicks.

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Biography & Early Years

"Yous are a beautiful child…" Early childhood and teen years.

What is Stevie'due south real name?
Stevie's total proper noun is Stephanie Lynn Nicks. Stevie is a nickname that dates back to her early childhood when she had trouble pronouncing her name. She had called herself "TeeDee."

Where was Stevie born?
Stevie was built-in at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 26, 1948.

Stevie Nicks early years
Early years

Where did Stevie grow upwardly?
Because of Stevie's begetter's frequent job promotions, the Nicks family relocated often when she was a child. Here is a list of places where the family lived:

  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • El Paso, Texas
  • Common salt Lake Metropolis, Utah
  • Arcadia, California
  • Atherton, California
  • Chicago, Illinois (Stevie had stayed back in California to attend school and pursue music.)

The Nicks family unit eventually returned to Stevie's birthplace of Arizona, settling in Maricopa County.

Stevie alludes to the frequent relocations in the song "Candlebright" (recorded for the 2001 album Problem in Shangri-La), in which she describes herself every bit a "nomad" who's been "rolling effectually [her] whole life."

Well, you know me, I'm a nomad
I can't feel bad about the way I am
I've been rolling around my whole life
You're my candlebright in the window

Stevie Nicks 1966 Menlo Atherton High School photo
Menlo Atherton High Schoolhouse photograph, 1966

Where did Stevie go to school?
As a young child, Stevie attended public schools. For eighth and 9th grades, she attended Wasatch Junior High in Common salt Lake Canton, UT. Though raised Episcopalian, Stevie ended up attending a strict Catholic high schoolhouse in downtown Table salt Lake City for her freshmen year because she did non maintain a B average while in inferior high schoolhouse, a stipulation from her parents.

When the Nicks family was relocated to Southern California, Stevie attended Arcadia High Schoolhouse for her sophomore and junior years (1964-1965). In the center of her junior year, she transferred to Menlo-Atherton High School in Northern California, where she graduated the post-obit year. She took classes at Cañada College, a community college in Redwood Metropolis, California, and afterward majored in speech communication and minored in psychology at San Jose State Higher (Academy). Stevie would accept pursued a career in teaching if she didn't succeed in the music concern.

Although Stevie did not graduate from Arcadia High School, she attended the Class of 1966'south 40th reunion (at the Westin Hotel in Pasadena, California on October vii, 2006), where she reminisced with her one-time classmates.

Did Stevie accept a chore before joining Fleetwood Mac?
Yes. Stevie held customer service positions before joining Fleetwood Mac in 1974. She was a hostess/waitress at establishments like Clementine's and Bob's Large Boy in Los Angeles. She also famously cleaned producer Keith Olsen's house (a.thousand.a. "The Cleaning Lady") while she was recording with Buckingham Nicks in the early 1970s.

Where does Stevie live now?
Stevie currently resides at unlike properties in Southern California.

How tall is Stevie?
Stevie is 5 feet, i inch.

What's Stevie'south shoe size?
6.5

What's Stevie'southward center color?
Brown

What is Stevie'southward astrological sign?
Built-in May 26, Stevie is a Gemini.

What are Stevie's pronouns?
Stevie's pronouns are she and her.

What hand does Stevie write with?
Stevie writes with her right hand.

Stevie Nicks writing in journal
Writing in her journal

Family & Friends

"You give into your friends…" The people who are closest to Stevie.

Stevie Nicks' parents, Barbara and Jess Nicks
Stevie Nicks' parents, Barbara and Jess Nicks

Who are Stevie'southward family members?
Stevie'due south parents were Jess Seth Nicks and Barbara Meeks Nicks. Jess, 80, died on August 10, 2005, and Barbara, 84, died on December 28, 2012. She has ane younger blood brother, Christopher, who married and later on divorced Stevie'due south backup singer Lori Nicks. They had 1 child, Jessica James Nicks, Stevie'south niece. Yous can read more about Stevie's family unit history at Genealogy Magazine.

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Glen B. Parrish, Jr.

Who is Stevie's godson, the one that inspired the song "You Can't Fix This"?
Stevie'due south godson was Glen Berlin Parrish, Jr., the son of Stevie's good friend and former manager Glen Parrish, Sr. The younger Parrish died on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at a UCLA fraternity political party, allegedly from alcohol and prescription-medication toxicity.

Who is Stevie'south best friend?
Stevie has said Mick Fleetwood, Sara Fleetwood, Christine McVie, Lori Nicks, Waddy Wachtel, and the late Robin Snyder Anderson are all her best friends, simply Stevie has many close friends.

Does Stevie have whatever biological children?
No. Because of her career, Stevie chose not to have children. In People, Stevie revealed that she had considered adopting a child (a girl) but changed her mind later realizing that the demands of her life would not be compatible with raising a child. She would have called the child "Lillian Rebecca."

Because of Stevie's caring, maternal nature, all the same, many of her close friends accept entrusted her to be the godmother of their children. She also considers Matthew Anderson, the son of her ex-husband Kim Anderson and tardily Robin Snyder Anderson, to be her stepson. Matthew at present has a daughter named after his late mother.

Who is Sharon Celani?
Sharon Celani is one of Stevie'southward backup singers. In 1977, Stevie met Sharon at The Blue Max, a nightclub called The Blue Max on Lahaina, Maui'due south Front St. Sharon had been performing there, singing Warren Zevon's "Poor Poor Deplorable Me" (later covered by Linda Ronstadt and Teri Clark). Impressed with Sharon's singing, Stevie asked her if she would be interested in singing with her in the future. They hit it off and afterwards rehearsed "Blue H2o," a song that Stevie had written in Maui.

Who is Lori Nicks?
Lori Nicks is 1 of Stevie's backup singers. Stevie met Lori through Gordon Perry (Lori's ex-husband), who knew Buckingham Nicks producer Keith Olsen. Like guitarist Waddy Watchtel, Lori is one of Stevie's closest friends. Lori afterward married Stevie's brother Christopher, and together they had one kid, Jessica "Jessi" James, born September 27, 1991. (Lori and Christopher are no longer married.) Stevie frequently refers to Lori as her sister.

Who is Robin Synder Anderson?
Robin Snyder Anderson was Stevie's childhood friend. They met at Arcadia High School in the mid-1960s. Sadly, Robin succumbed to leukemia in 1982. Before long before passing away, Robin gave birth to her and her husband's (record executive Kim Anderson) son, Matthew. Partly out of their grief, Stevie and Kim married in 1983 but divorced after only three months.

Who is Sara Fleetwood?
Sara Fleetwood is one of Stevie'south close, longtime friends. She assisted with recording the demo for Fleetwood Mac's 1979 hitting "Sara."  The song'due south championship was inspired by her. "I used her name considering I love the name then much." (EW, 2009). "My friend Sara was there when I wrote it. She kept the coffee going and kept the cassettes coming and fabricated sure we didn't run out of batteries, and it was a long, long night recording that demo. She was a peachy songwriter helper. Sara was the poet in my heart. She likes to think it was all written nigh her, but it really wasn't. She'southward in there, for sure, but it's written about a lot of other things, likewise." (Tusk liner notes, 2015).

In 1994, Sara joined Stevie as one of her background singers for the Street Affections Tour.

Who is Sandy Stewart?
Sandy Stewart is a vocalizer-songwriter who has collaborated with Stevie on many songs, such as "If Anyone Falls," "Nightbird," and tracks from Stewart'southward 1983 solo albumCat Dancer. Stewart besides co-wrote the songs "7 Wonders" fromTango in the Night, "Maybe Love Volition Alter Your Heed" from Street Angel, and "Too Far From Texas" from Trouble in Shangri-La.

Who is Michael Campbell?
Michael Campbell is a guitarist from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who has frequently collaborated with Stevie. As with Sandy Stewart, Campbell's part has been to provide instrumental tracks, to which Stevie can add her lyrics. "Whole Lotta Trouble," "Freedom," and "Blue Denim" are only a few examples of their collaborations. In 2018, Campbell joined Fleetwood Mac on their "An Evening with Fleetwood Mac" tour.

Who is Glen Parrish?
Glen Parrish is Stevie's practiced friend and former manager. Sadly, Glen's son, Glen B. Parrish, Jr., died in 2011 at the age of 18, allegedly from an accidental drug overdose. Stevie's song "Y'all Tin't Set up This" was inspired by this incident.

New Yr'due south revelers: Fiona Locke, Stevie Nicks, Glen Parish, and John Nicks

Who is Stevie'southward banana?
Karen Johnston has been Stevie's loyal personal assistant and close friend since 1990. Karen took care of Stevie's former Phoenix home for many years. Prior to then, Ginny "The Fan Post Lady" Kamano assisted Stevie. Karen's sister Kelly co-wrote the Fleetwood Mac song "No Questions Asked."

Love & Romance

"In that location is magic all around you…" All about Stevie'due south fabulous relationships.

Stevie Nicks David Young at Senior Ball 1966
With Dave Immature

Who was Stevie's first swain?
Stevie's outset real beau was David "Dave" Young Stevie met David while attending Menlo-Atherton High School in Northern California, during the late 1960s. "He was gorgeous, he was the quarterback, and I went out with him for almost five years. I broke upwards with him for Lindsey [Buckingham]." Dave and Stevie were five votes brusque of existence named King and Queen of their Senior Ball in 1966. Stevie ofttimes dedicates "Landslide" to Dave when she performs in the San Francisco Bay Surface area, where he lives with his wife.

Who was Derek Taylor?
The late Derek Taylor was the road managing director of The Beatles. Stevie and Derek had a late 1970'southward matter, which was the discipline of the song "Beautiful Child" from Fleetwood Mac's Tusk. "[Derek] used to read poetry out loud to me in his beautiful English vox, and I would sit down at his feet, just mesmerized, and he would say, 'You are a cute child,' and I'd say, 'I'm not a child anymore.' He was married, so we stopped, because it was going to hurt a lot of people. The song is like a straight retelling of the last night of that human relationship. Every time I sing it I'k transported back to the Beverly Hills Hotel and walking beyond the grounds to become a cab after maxim good day." (Tusk Deluxe Edition liner notes, 2015)

Who are Stevie'due south great loves?
Stevie has said that Dave Young, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and Joe Walsh are the great loves of her life. She has written songs about all four men. In her live performances of "Has Anyone E'er Written Anything for You," she has spoken about "the men in her life," revealing "As hard as it has been, they were poets. Yet they were priests of nothing. But they were legends. And I thought there was a connectedness." Stevie has had many fabulous romances!

Who is Joe Walsh?
Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh was Stevie's "neat, slap-up dearest" of her life for almost 2 years in the early 1980s, when the 2 dated. "At that place was nada more important than Joe Walsh — not my music, not my songs, not annihilation," Stevie says. But cocaine ruined the romance. "We had to break up or we thought we'd die. It took me years to become over it. It'southward very sorry, but at least we survived." (People, v/4/2009)

Has Stevie e'er been married?
Yep, one time. Stevie married record executive Kim Anderson in 1983, but the wedlock but lasted iii months. They did non have children. Anderson had i child, Matthew, with his previous married woman, the late Robin Snyder, who died of leukemia in 1982. Stevie remains in touch with both Kim and Matthew Anderson. Stevie considers Matthew to be her stepson.

Music & Career

"You're the poet in my heart…" The vivid songs of Stevie Nicks.

What is the starting time song that Stevie ever wrote?
For Stevie's 16th birthday, her parents gifted her a Goya guitar. She wrote "I've Loved and I've Lost," a song about a male child who she was interested in, only ended up dating her best friend instead.

What is the vocal "Sara" most?
"Sara" is mainly well-nigh Stevie'due south three-calendar month affair with Mick Fleetwood in 1977. But, similar many of Stevie's songs, "Sara" alludes to different things happening in her life, as the original version contains many unreleased verses. "Information technology's about myself, and what all of us in Fleetwood Mac were going through at that time. The true version of that vocal is 16 minutes long. It'due south a saga with many verses people haven't heard." (United states of america, 1994)

"A not bad dark wing…"

The first one-half of the song is about Stevie and Mick's romance. The following verse specifically refers to Mick:

And he was simply like
A great dark w
ing
Within the wings of a tempest

I think I had met my match
He was singing
And undoing…
And undoing…
The laces…
Undoing the laces

Said Sara…you're the poet in my heart ~

The song'due south championship was inspired by Stevie'southward expert friend Sara Fleetwood. "I used her proper name because I love the proper name so much." (EW, 2009). Stevie confirmed in the liner notes of the Tusk reissue (2015) that the Sara referenced in the vocal was, indeed, Sara Fleetwood, who assisted her during the recording of the song. "My friend Sara was there when I wrote it. She kept the java going and kept the cassettes coming and made sure we didn't run out of batteries, and it was a long, long nighttime recording that demo. She was a great songwriter helper. Sara was the poet in my centre. She likes to think it was all written about her, but it really wasn't. She's in at that place, for sure, just information technology's written about a lot of other things, too."

When you build your firm ~

The Eagles drummer Don Henley believed that the lyric "when you build your house, phone call me" was about him. "I was edifice my house at the time," Don said, "and there's a line in the vocal that says, 'And when you build your house, call me.'" (GQ, 1991). Stevie confirmed Don as the inspiration for the actual lyric, telling Ryan White potato in 1994, "That is true."

Only the lyric's bodily significant seems to be broader. "'When yous build your house' was nigh when you go your human action together," Stevie wrote in the 2015 Tusk reissue liner notes. "So permit me know, considering until you lot go your human activity together, I really can't exist around you." Stevie hinted that line could really be well-nigh The Eagles songwriter J.D. Souther. "Mick was the "not bad nighttime wing within the wings of a storm," but when I was going with Mick, I was hanging out with J.D. Souther and he kept saying, 'You lot do know this relationship with Mick is never going to work, don't you?' And I said, 'Well, when I become out of it, I'll let y'all know." And so there's bits and pieces of him there talking to me."

There's a heartbeat and it never actually died ~

For many years, it was rumored that Stevie had become meaning with Don Henley's kid. "I believe, to the all-time of my knowledge, [that Stevie] became pregnant past me," Don told GQ in 1991. "And she named the kid Sara, and she had an ballgame – and and so wrote the song of the same proper noun to the spirit of the aborted baby."

Stevie addressed the pregnancy and subsequent ballgame in a 1994 radio interview. "He blew it on the fact that I had an abortion. He told a big magazine that… I would never have told the world that. 92 phone calls from Don and 800 apologies later, well, that story's out now."

In 2014, she again confirmed the pregnancy to Billboard. "Had I married Don and had that baby, and had she been a daughter, I would have named her Sara. Simply in that location was another woman in my life named Sara, who shortly after that became Mick's wife, Sara Fleetwood."

Sara ~ STEVIE NICKS From White Wing Pigeon - 1981

Who is "Rhiannon"?
Rhiannon is a character in the 1973 science fiction novel Triad by Mary Leader. Stevie liked the same then much that she wrote the song that became the classic "Rhiannon." Years later, Stevie learned that Rhiannon was a Welsh deity in Celtic mythology. The hitting similarities between the song "Rhiannon" and Rhiannon of the Welsh stories inspired Stevie to write several more songs nearly Rhiannon, the Welsh horse goddess. Most of these songs remain unreleased. "[Rhiannon] sounded then gratuitous, with personality traits of my own, about a woman who is into her own trip" (Scottsdale Daily Progress, eight/19/1977). Stevie hopes to produce a musical based on her unreleased Rhiannon songs someday.

Stevie Nicks - Rhiannon (Live In Chicago)

What is the song "Gypsy" nigh?
In "Gypsy," Stevie reflects on her young-adult life in the 1960s and early on 1970s. She describes information technology as a wish or a search for the life she knew before Fleetwood Mac.

So I'1000 back to the Velvet Underground ~

The beginning verse of the song includes the lyric "So I'm back to the Velvet Underground," which refers to visiting a San Francisco clothing store called The Velvet Underground, where all the female stone stars of the fourth dimension allegedly shopped. The shop, located in the Haight/Ashbury district of San Francisco, no longer exists.

"That'due south the words: 'So I'yard dorsum to the velvet underground' — which is a article of clothing shop in downtown San Francisco, where Janis Joplin got her clothes, and Grace Slick from Jefferson Plane, information technology was this little hole in the wall, astonishing, beautiful stuff — 'back to the flooring that I beloved, to a room with some lace and paper flowers, back to the gypsy that I was.' And then that'due south what "Gypsy" means: it's just a search for earlier this all happened." (EW, 2009)

"In the old days, before Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey (Buckingham) and I had no money, so nosotros had a king-size mattress, only we but had information technology on the floor. I had one-time vintage coverlets on it, and even though we had no money it was notwithstanding really pretty… Simply that and a lamp on the floor, and that was it—there was a certain calmness well-nigh it. To this day, when I'm feeling cluttered, I will accept my mattress off of my beautiful bed, wherever that may exist, and put it outside my bedroom, with a table and a little lamp."

Lightning strikes possibly once maybe twice ~ I nevertheless see your bright eyes ~

The lyrics "Lightning strikes perhaps one time mayhap twice" and  "I yet meet your bright eyes" are associated with Stevie's childhood friend Robin Snyder Anderson, whom Stevie met at Arcadia High School in the mid-1960s. Sadly, Robin passed abroad later battling leukemia in 1982. "I tacked on a line for my friend Robin, my all-time friend, who died of leukemia: 'I however run across your bright optics.' But then, Robin wasn't sick however. She got cancer, and died inside a twelvemonth" (EW, 2009). Stevie later reflected on Robin'due south expiry in the vocal "Nightbird" from Stevie's 1983 album The Wild Center.

Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy (Official Music Video)

What is the vocal "Silver Springs" about?
"Silver Springs" is about Stevie's romantic breakup from guitar Lindsey Buckingham. The title was inspired by a sign, bearing the name of the city Silver Spring, that Stevie saw while in Silver Spring, Maryland. She thought information technology sounded similar a "pretty prissy place to live." The vocal was recorded for Rumours but was controversially removed at the terminal moment due to vinyl-record infinite limitations. Mick Fleetwood ultimately had the final say on the matter, a decision that would cause friction between Stevie and Mick for years. "Silverish Springs" was released as the b-side of the "Go Your Own Way" single.

In 1990, Stevie planned to release her first retrospective Timespace: The All-time of Stevie Nicks and wanted to include "Silver Springs." But Mick wanted to include the elusive track on Fleetwood Mac's retrospective 25 Years: The Chain (1992). "Silver Springs" was especially personal to Stevie because she had assigned song royalties to her mother Barbara, who affectionately referred to "Silver Springs" as her "rainy-day song."

Ultimately, Mick didn't corroborate the vocal's release on Timespace, and it was subsequently released on Fleetwood Mac's 25 Years. Hurt past this decision, Stevie distanced herself from Fleetwood Mac and left the ring altogether in 1992 (with fellow bandmate Christine McVie). In interviews effectually this time, Stevie described Mick's decision to withhold "Silver Springs" equally having "messed with [her] family."

In 1997, Stevie and Mick resolved the issue when Fleetwood Mac recorded a new version of "Silver Springs" for the live reunion anthology The Trip the light fantastic toe. Symbolically, Warner Bros. released "Silver Springs" as a promotional A-side single with "Go Your Ain Way" as the B-side.

In 2004, Warner Bros. reissued Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, restoring "Silver Springs" to the album as Track seven between "Songbird" and "The Chain." For the 2013 reissue, "Silver Springs" shifted positions in the running society, moving to Track 12.

In 2007, Warner Bros. granted rights to release the original version of "Silver Springs" on Stevie's third retrospective release Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks.

Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs (Official Live Video) [Hd]

Are "Books of Miracles" and "Juliet" the aforementioned song?
Yeah. Fleetwood Mac apposite "Juliet" for Tango in the Night, but it was non included on the album. The resulting instrumental runway, dubbed"Book of Miracles," later surfaced equally the b-side of the "Seven Wonders" single. "Juliet (Run-Through)," a demo of the song, appears on the 2017 deluxe edition of Tango in the Night. Stevie recorded "Juliet" for her quaternary solo album The Other Side of the Mirror (1989).

When did Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham decide to join Fleetwood Mac?

December 31, 1974. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham had dinner with the members of Fleetwood Mac at El Carmen, a eating place in Los Angeles. The Mexican eatery, which has been in concern since 1929, is still open up to this 24-hour interval. According to Mick Fleetwood, the principal purpose of the dinner was to come across if then-unknown Stevie Nicks and veteran keyboardist Christine McVie would become along as future bandmates. The ii women hitting it off fabulously, Stevie and Lindsey accustomed Mick's offer to bring together Fleetwood Mac, and the residue, every bit they say, is history.

Stevie Nicks Brad Jeffries image
Stevie Nicks with Brad Jeffries

Who is that man that ever danced with Stevie in her music videos?
He is dancer, choreographer, and actor Brad Jeffries. He appeared in several of Stevie'south music videos, such as "Stand Back," "If Anyone Falls," "Talk to Me, "I Tin can't Wait," and "Rooms on Burn down". He is best known for dancing with Stevie during the instrumental solo of "Stand Back" at shows on The Wild Heart and Rock a Piffling tours. During the '80s and '90, Jeffries worked mainly every bit a moving-picture show and stage choreographer. The 2 accept kept in touch over the years.

Where was the "Rooms on Burn down" video filmed?
Stevie rented "The Dutch Castle," located at 1366 Angelo Bulldoze in Beverly Hills, for her "Rooms of Fire" music video. The song's album The Other Side of the Mirror was recorded there. Some of the songwriting for the album was inspired by the castle's 16th-Century compages. Stevie subsequently admitted that the monthly rent for the one thousand setting was $25,000.

Here are some facts well-nigh The Dutch Castle:

"The Dutch Castle — 1366 Angelo Dr., Beverly Hills. Also known as Kasteel Kamphuyzen, the vi,000-square-foot main firm and ane,600-square-foot gatehouse are perched on the edge of a canyon in Beverly Hills, the scene of many civic, corporate and charitable galas. The castle was built in 1981 past Beverly Hills designer Marking Nixon and named for his business partner, Baron Herbert Hischemoeller van Kamphuyzen of kingdom of the netherlands. The structures boast stepped gables, inspired by the 16th-Century castles and townhouses of Holland" (Los Angeles Times, 1992).

Stevie Nicks Rooms on FIre
Rooms on Burn music video

Is it true that Stevie Nicks was going to exist the original singer of Blondie's 1979 #ane hit "Phone call Me?"
Yep. Italian producer Giorgio Moroder approached Stevie Nicks to sing on a track he had originally titled "Man Machine," but she turned it downwardly. Moroder and so presented the song to Blondie singer Debbie Harry, who agreed to collaborate with him if the lyrics were rewritten. According to Blondie producer and bandmate Chris Stein, "Debbie's lyrics are much more subtle than what [Giorgio] wrote. He was very direct like proverb, "I am a man and I go out and I fuck all the girls." Debbie'due south lyrics are a lot more subtle, and the movie in a way is not that blatant." (Bockris, 2016).

Did Prince really ask Stevie to write the lyrics to "Purple Rain"?
Yeah. Later the success of "Stand Back," which featured Prince's distinctive keyboard and guitar piece of work, Prince asked Stevie if they could write a song together. And so he sent her a cassette of a long instrumental rail and invited her to write lyrics. Merely the task proved to be besides challenging for Stevie. "It was so overwhelming, that 10-minute track, that I listened to information technology and I just got scared. I called him dorsum and said, 'I can't exercise it. I wish I could. Information technology's also much for me.' I'1000 so glad that I didn't, considering he wrote it, and it became 'Purple Rain.'" (Star Tribune, 2011).

Is it true that the 1987 song "These Dreams," the #1 unmarried recorded by Heart, was originally intended for Stevie to sing?
Yes. Songwriter Bernie Taupin, best known for his work with Elton John, wrote the lyrics with Stevie in listen. Just because the lyrics were as well similar to what Stevie would write herself, she turned the song downward. Musician Martin Page, the song's co-writer, confirmed the story to Songwriter Universe. "With 'These Dreams,' Bernie wrote a lyric that was initially chosen 'Boys In The Mist.' It was a lyric that he had originally given to Stevie Nicks. Just Stevie wasn't interested in it or wasn't available to do it, so he sent it to me. I was able to convince him to change the championship to 'These Dreams'—he had written [those words] in the span. And he let me move it around" (Songwriter Universe, 2017).

Deep Dish Stevie Nicks Dreams CD cover
Deep Dish

How was Stevie persuaded to record a new vocal for "Dreams" with electronic music duo Deep Dish in 2005?
"Actually, [Stevie] required no persuading at all," said Sharam Tayebi, i one-half of the duo. "We sent her a demo of our instrumental for approving and she plain found information technology inspiring. She felt it was more advisable to put down a new vocal, so every bit to brand it a truthful reinterpretation. Fooling around with the original would be like messing with the Holy Grail. With [our version], she'south hoping to introduce the song to a whole new generation." The new song was recorded at Village Studios in Los Angeles.

The new version of "Dreams" debuted at Stevie's outset Caesar's Palace Colosseum show in Las Vegas on May 10, 2005. It was played simply before the show started.

Deep Dish Feat. Stevie Nicks - Dreams [Official Video Hard disk drive]

How many Grammy Awards does Stevie have?
Stevie has i Grammy Award with Fleetwood Mac. In 1978, Fleetwood Mac's 1977 anthology Rumours took the top prize for Best Album. She has been nominated eight times for her solo recordings, only she has never won an award for private work.

Where tin can I find Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac concert setlists?
Setlist FM is a great resource to discover Stevie Nicks concert setlists and Fleetwood Mac concert setlists.

Where can I find lyrics to Stevie's songs?
The Nicks Fix has an extensive collection of song lyrics. You lot can also find some lyrics at Stevie Nicks Info, or perform a search on Google past typing Stevie'southward proper noun, her song championship, and the word "lyrics" in the search box (due east.g. Stevie Nicks Gilded Grit Woman lyrics).

Who are Stevie's musical influences?
Stevie's early songwriting influences were Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, and Crosby Stills & Nash. From these songwriters, Stevie learned to phrase her poetry into song, specifically citing Joni Mitchell.

Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix served as phase influences when Stevie began performing professionally. In 2001, she told VH1 that she adopted her vocal phrasing from Joni Mitchell (equally previously mentioned), vocal prowess from Aretha Franklin, and elegant stage presence from Grace Slick. In reference to Slick, Stevie wanted to be the "beautiful woman in blackness."

Does Stevie play whatever instruments?
Stevie knows how to play uncomplicated chords on the piano and guitar, which helps her write songs. She took guitar lessons for a short time many years agone, but she is largely self-taught in music.

IsBuckingham Nicks available as an official CD release?
No. Stevie and Lindsey own the rights to the original 1973 recording, but they have decided non to reissue information technology on CD at this fourth dimension. Only two tracks from the original Buckingham Nicks album are officially bachelor on CD: "Long Distance Winner," which appears on Disc 3 of The Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks(1998) and "Stephanie" from Lindsey Buckingham'due south promotional CD Words & Music: A Retrospective. Though out of print, both releases are widely bachelor through independent sellers.

In 2016, Stevie performed "Crying in the Night," the first unmarried from Buckingham Nicks, on her 24 Karat Gold Tour. The alive recording was included on the subsequent vinyl, CD, and Blu-ray releases of 24 Karat Gold Tour Alive in Concert.

What is Stevie's tape label?
BMG distributed Stevie's well-nigh recent release, 24 Karat Golden Tour Alive in Concert.

In 1980, Stevie founded Modern Records with record executives Danny Goldberg, Paul Fishkin, and Doug Morris, as a vehicle to launch her solo career. Modern operated under the label of Atco Records, a division of Atlantic Records. For overseas releases, Modern exclusively licensed Stevie's recordings to EMI Records Express, which operated worldwide. By the end of the '80s, Atco encountered serious financial problems and Atlantic took over operations.

By 1991, Atlantic Records somewhen consolidated operations, merging Atco Records with EastWest Records, some other Atlantic subsidiary. Stevie ended her recording label human relationship with Atlantic Records later on the release ofThe Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks (1998).

In 2000, Stevie signed with Warner Bros./Reprise Records and released Problem in Shangri-La (2001), Crystal Visions…The Very Best of Stevie Nicks (2007), The Soundstage Sessions (2009), In Your Dreams (2011), and 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault (2014).

In 2016, Rhino reissued Stevie'south kickoff 2 solo albums, Bella Donna (1981) and The Wild Center (1983); a vinyl-just compilation titled Rarities: 1981-1983 was too issued.

In 2019, Rhino released the retrospective Stand Back: 1981-2014 to coincide with Stevie's solo inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Rhino has plans to reissue Stevie's third album Rock a Lilliputian.

Sharon Celani Lori Nicks Stevie Nicks 1985
With Sharon Celani and Lori Nicks

Who are Stevie's backup singers?
Stevie's current fill-in singers are Sharon Celani and Marilyn Martin. Stevie'southward past backup singers include Stephanie "Stevvi" Alexander, Jana Anderson, George Blackness, Carolyn Brooks, Liza Jane Edwards, Sara Fleetwood, Lynne Mabrey, Lori Nicks, Rick Nowels, Steve Real Vasquez, Chas Sandford, Mindy Stein, Sandy Stewart, Maria Vidal, and Elisecia Wright.

In 2016, Marilyn Martin returned to Stevie's solo band, replacing Lori Nicks, who chose to skip the tour to be with her daughter Jessica, who was expecting a child in January 2017.

Who is Stevie'south voice charabanc?
Steve Real Vasquez has been Stevie's vocalisation bus since 1997. He sings backup on Deep Dish featuring Stevie Nicks' version of "Dreams," which appears onCrystal Visions…The Very All-time of Stevie Nicks (2007). He also sang "Leather and Lace" with Stevie during the 2011In Your Dreams tour. He is credited for showing her appropriate techniques to help preserve her voice, such equally performing vocal exercises hours before a show. Vasquez continues to work with Stevie to this 24-hour interval.

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Anne Rice

What does author Anne Rice recall about the mention of her proper noun in Stevie's song "New Orleans."
On May ix, 2011, Anne Rice responded on Facebook to the mention of her proper noun in the vocal. She wrote, "I but got my commencement letter from a person who says he is trying my work cheers to the new Stevie Nicks vocal. I must say, I'm honoured by Stevie Nicks' mention of me in that song. And hearing information technology makes me so homesick for New Orleans. So homesick for the oaks of uptown and the twilight heaven over the Garden district, and the breeze off the river."

Did Stevie sell her publishing rights?

Yes. In December 2020, Stevie sold the majority of her publishing rights to Primary Moving ridge (approximated to be an eighty% share) in a bargain valued effectually $100 1000000.  Some reasons that artists, like Stevie, have sold off their publishing rights include artist legacy, tax benefits, personal circumstances, and lack of touring income due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood have made similar deals.

Health & Advent

"You remain ageless…"

How does Stevie maintain her youthful looks?
Stevie has credited staying out of the sun and using sunscreen and Creme de la Mer face cream products to protect her skin. She likewise exercises regularly, incorporating pilates, the treadmill, and Power Plate workouts, among other activities.

Stevie Nicks holding cigarette
A rare prototype of Stevie property a cigarette (Rhino/WEA)

Does Stevie smoke cigarettes?
No, not anymore. Stevie started smoking Kools cigarettes in 1984 during the recording of her third solo anthologyRock a Fiddling. She quit smoking cigarettes altogether on January ane, 1997, just before the recording of Fleetwood Mac's The Trip the light fantastic (1997).

Does Stevie use drugs?
In 1982, Stevie started to realize that using cocaine had become a serious problem. She put herself in a "self-imposed rehab" for ii weeks, but the demands of an intensive three-day video shoot for "Gypsy" caused her to relapse into taking "a trivial bit of coke."

In 1986, Stevie saw a plastic surgeon, who examined the condition of her nose. She had been using aspirin dissolved in h2o to care for terrible headaches (from cocaine use), but the aspirin's acidity allegedly burned a hole through cartilage in her nose, with the potential to cause a encephalon hemorrhage. Stevie has described the pigsty as being and then large that a chugalug could laissez passer through it.

But it was an intervention from Stevie's parents and friends that ultimately convinced her to seek professional person help. In the bound of 1987, Stevie entered a thirty-twenty-four hours program at the Betty Ford Centre in Rancho Mirage, California, to care for a decade-long addiction to cocaine. She completed 28 days of the intensive program. Stevie captured her experience at Betty Ford in the songs "Welcome to the Room, Sara," "When I Run across You Again," and "I'm Doing the Best I Can (Escape from Berlin)."

Although Stevie made a total recovery, she later became addicted to prescription medication, which a psychiatrist had prescribed allegedly to assistance her sleep. In December 1993, Stevie entered a 47-day plan at the (at present-closed) Daniel Freeman Rehabilitation Center in Marina Del Ray, California, to treat a powerful addiction to the tranquilizer Klonopin. She has not used the drug since.

In 2015, Stevie revealed in a Rolling Stone interview that she occasionally smokes marijuana when she's writing songs.

How did Stevie get back into shape after the Street Angel Tour?
Along with exercise, Stevie lost 30 lbs. using Dr. Robert Atkins's low-carbohydrate diet. In 1997, Stevie spoke publicly nigh her physical appearance during the Street Angel years. "Information technology was a horrible, horrible thing for me. I said, 'I will not get on phase always once more if I don't lose this weight. I just made a decision that I was going to be salubrious and I was going to enjoy my life and I was going to enjoy my singing and I was going to enjoy how incredibly lucky I am to have been in a big, huge rock-and-roll band and been very successful and have songs that people loved and that they recite at their graduations and their funerals and their bar mitzvahs and their baby showers."

Although the famous diet helped her slim downwards, Stevie no longer uses the Atkins nutrition.

Does Stevie wear glasses?
Stevie wears spectacles primarily for reading. She maintains her center health past getting regular checkups. In the mid-1990s, she had a procedure to correct severe near-sightedness. In August 2017, she had a procedure to remove cataracts.

Has Stevie always had whatsoever corrective surgery done?
In 1976, Stevie had her breasts augmented with silicone implants. But she had the implants removed and her breasts reconstructed in 1994; the implants had broken. Stevie was also diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus, a debilitating illness that can cause extreme fatigue. The illness is recurring and has no cure. In May 2020, Stevie confirmed to Rolling Rock that she had experienced another example of the virus in early on 2020.

In 2003, Stevie experimented with Botox injections 10 days earlier the recording of Fleetwood Mac Live in Boston. Unfortunately, she was disappointed with the results of the cosmetic procedure, calling it "an ugly thing." In 2020, she doubled down on that view, saying "Botox simply makes yous look like y'all're in a satanic cult…Satan's angry daughter." (Stevens, 2020).

Is Stevie a vegetarian or vegan?
No.

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