{"id":3515,"date":"2016-09-06T09:48:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T08:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2022-10-02T13:12:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T12:12:37","slug":"stevie-nicks-on-her-fleetwood-mac-team-solo-joys-and-the-2016-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/stevie-nicks-on-her-fleetwood-mac-team-solo-joys-and-the-2016-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Stevie Nicks on Her Fleetwood Mac \u2018Team,\u2019 Solo Joys and the 2016 Election | New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York\u00a0Times
\nBy\u00a0Phoebe\u00a0Reilly
\nSept. 6, 2016<\/p>\n

Stevie Nicks says that one of her favorite things to do is light a candle, sit at the desk in her Los Angeles home and write poetry. Ms. Nicks, the rock \u2019n\u2019 roll mystic who constitutes one-fifth of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s classic lineup and wrote several of its most beloved hits (including \u201cDreams\u201d and \u201cRhiannon\u201d), is so prolific that six years after joining that multiplatinum California band in 1975, she embarked on a solo career with \u201cBella Donna,\u201d which featured the memorable centerpiece \u201cEdge of Seventeen.\u201d<\/h1>\n
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Stevie Nicks is struggling to whittle down her long song list in preparation for a 28-city tour. (Credit Stephen Lovekin\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIn the beginning, I actually sat down and said, listen, I am doing this because I have way too many songs,\u201d Ms. Nicks said. \u201cI get frustrated because one of you walks by me every time I sit at the piano and says: \u2018Oh my God, there she goes writing another song. We only need three or four from you.\u2019 So what am I supposed to do?\u201d<\/p>\n

Eight solo albums later, Ms. Nicks, 68, is preparing to go on the road in support of her most recent releases, \u201cIn Your Dreams,\u201d from 2011, and the 2014 album \u201c24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault,\u201d a collection of tracks written mainly between 1969 and 1987. A 28-city tour with the Pretenders as special guests begins on Oct. 25 in Phoenix. \u201cI just woke up one morning and said I have two years off before Fleetwood Mac comes knocking on my door [for another tour],\u201d she said. \u201cWhy would I want to sit around and do nothing?\u201d<\/p>\n

Fleetwood Mac has endured despite drug addictions and multiple intra-band relationships (and breakups) during the late \u201970s, and recently completed a two-and-a-half-year, 122-date tour. (\u201cI don\u2019t twirl nearly as much as I used to,\u201d said Ms. Nicks, whose past relationship with the guitarist Lindsey Buckingham provided a dose of drama.) When reached by phone, she was struggling to whittle down her set list. Here are edited excerpts from the conversation.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the difference between touring behind your solo work and touring with Fleetwood Mac?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fleetwood Mac is a team, and when you\u2019re on a team everybody has the same vote \u2014 except in this particular team Lindsey has a little bit of a stronger vote than anybody else. I love being part of a team. We argue all the time, but we always have. In my band, there is no arguing. I am the boss. My solo career is probably the reason Fleetwood Mac is still together in 2016, because I was always happy to leave Fleetwood Mac, and I was always happy to come back, too.<\/p>\n

You have said you thought Lindsey would like \u201c24 Karat Gold\u201d because so many of the songs are about him. What was his reaction?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t even know if he ever listened to the record and, honestly, I don\u2019t care. I gave up caring about how everybody else in Fleetwood Mac feels about my solo work a long time ago. It\u2019s not their thing. If my feelings were ever hurt, it was after \u201cBella Donna,\u201d when I didn\u2019t feel that anybody even listened to it. That was in 1981.<\/p>\n

The \u201980s have once again become a point of fascination in television shows like \u201cStranger Things.\u201d Are you ever nostalgic?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wouldn\u2019t want to ever go back there. Yes, it was a lot of fun between 1975 and 1990 \u2014 until it wasn\u2019t. I walk onstage every night now and do a three-hour show with Fleetwood Mac, and I have a great time up there. I wish I had known that I actually had the energy to do this entire set totally sober and get just as excited. On one hand, that makes me feel great and on the other it makes me sad that I ever did my first line of coke.<\/p>\n

Your songs never lost the rawness associated with youthful emotion. Do you find that inspiration comes from your everyday life now, or is your imagination triggered by re-examining the past?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would say both. Great stories inspire me. Some people have the ability to be extremely convincing, and other people can sing for 30 years and not convince you that they have lived a story. At 16 I could sing a love song well. My dad would go, \u201cThat\u2019s a good song, honey.\u201d And my mom would go, \u201cThat\u2019s just beautiful, Stevie.\u201d And they would be thinking, \u201cWe know for a fact that she\u2019s only been on one date and she was back in two hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t Stop\u201d was the theme song of Bill Clinton\u2019s campaign. What are your hopes for this election?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course I\u2019m for Hillary Clinton. It\u2019s hard to think of anything as amazing as that song was for Bill. He picked it out when he was driving around in a cab somewhere years before. When she wins by a landslide, I could gather together the Dixie Chicks, Billy Corgan and everybody who\u2019s ever sung a version of \u201cLandslide.\u201d It\u2019s not up-tempo, but it certainly would get the message across.<\/p>\n

Are you a fan of Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga or any other major contemporary female artist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have so many favorites. I love Katy Perry. [And] I\u2019m so happy for Adele right now. She\u2019ll do what I did \u2014 she\u2019ll figure out a way to stay in the business. The big difference between her and me is that she has a child, and that will change things for her, but I think Adele knows what she wants and I don\u2019t think she\u2019s in a hurry. And that\u2019s great. If she needs to go away for three years, she doesn\u2019t feel like somebody\u2019s going to take her place. When you believe in yourself that much, you can take as long as you want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York\u00a0Times By\u00a0Phoebe\u00a0Reilly Sept. 6, 2016 Stevie Nicks says that one of her favorite things to do is light a candle, sit at the desk in her Los Angeles home and write poetry. Ms. Nicks, the rock \u2019n\u2019 roll mystic who constitutes one-fifth of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s classic lineup and wrote several of its most beloved … Continue reading Stevie Nicks on Her Fleetwood Mac \u2018Team,\u2019 Solo Joys and the 2016 Election | New York Times<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15,16,18],"tags":[107,48,82],"class_list":["post-3515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solo-activity","category-stevie-nicks","category-tour-info","tag-24-karat-gold-tour","tag-24-karat-gold-songs-from-the-vault","tag-stevie-nicks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p31Ax0-UH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3701,"url":"https:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/stevie-nicks-rockin-24-karat-gold-tour-adds-20-new-shows-in-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":3515,"position":0},"title":"Stevie Nicks rockin’ 24 Karat Gold Tour adds 20 New Shows in 2017","author":"fmfanuk","date":"December 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"STEVIE NICKS ROCKIN\u2019 24 KARAT GOLD TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PRETENDERS ADDS 20 NEW SHOWS IN 2017 BEGINNING FEBRUARY 23 IN RENO, NEVADA \u2013 New Dates Follow 29 Shows in 2016 Which Have Received Rave Reviews \u2013 \u2013 Tickets on Sale Monday, December 12 at LiveNation.com \u2013 LOS ANGELES (December\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Press Kits"","block_context":{"text":"Press Kits","link":"https:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/category\/press-kits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"24-karat-tour-2nd-leg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/24-Karat-Tour-2nd-leg-609x1024.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/24-Karat-Tour-2nd-leg-609x1024.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/24-Karat-Tour-2nd-leg-609x1024.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5526,"url":"https:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/stevie-nicks-announces-24-karat-gold-concert-film-live-album-rolling-stone\/","url_meta":{"origin":3515,"position":1},"title":"Stevie Nicks Announces \u201924 Karat Gold\u2019 Concert Film, Live Album | Rolling Stone","author":"fmfanuk","date":"September 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"By\u00a0Brittany Spanos September 16, 2020 Rolling Stone Event will screen in cinemas for two nights only in October Stevie Nicks fans can relive her 24 Karat Gold tour with a special concert film, Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold the Concert, which will screen in theaters for two nights only this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Release Info"","block_context":{"text":"Release Info","link":"https:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/category\/release-info\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Live-Concert-Promo.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Live-Concert-Promo.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Live-Concert-Promo.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Live-Concert-Promo.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2227,"url":"https:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/stevie-nicks-details-release-plan-for-new-solo-album-24-karat-gold\/","url_meta":{"origin":3515,"position":2},"title":"Stevie Nicks Details Release Plan for New Solo Album ’24 Karat Gold’","author":"fmfanuk","date":"July 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Rolling Stone Online By\u00a0Jon Blistein July 24, 2014 12:00 PM ET Album will focus on songs the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman wrote between 1969 and 1987 Stevie Nicks may have spent much of 2013 touring with Fleetwood Mac and celebrating the 35th anniversary of the group's landmark LP Rumours, but the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Release Info"","block_context":{"text":"Release Info","link":"https:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/category\/release-info\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Stevie Nicks performs in Las Vegas. 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