Maclean's magazine new interview with Stevie

[Danielle]

When In Doubt, Be Stevie Nicks

The iconic singer releases a record amid fierce interest in her work and persona

By Elio Iannacci // Maclean’s Magazine
Source (http://www.macleans.ca/)

A night owl by nature, Stevie Nicks was unable to sleep on a recent Saturday night in Manhattan and had scheduled a late interview to help pass the evening. So 1:30a.m. found her looking out on the terrace of her rented penthouse atop the Palace Hotel, with a hypnotic view of the Rockefeller Plaza. Amid a torrent of recollections - of her band, Fritz; of the duo she later created with former lover and Fritz guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham; and, of course, of Fleetwood Mac - Nicks began to hum a hip-hop tune. “Which rapper is it that I love who says, “Mo' money more problems?” she asked, pausing in the midst of Notorious B.I.G’s biggest hit. “He spoke the truth. Don’t I know it!”

Nicks’s truth is peppered with tales of fate and near-fatalities: Fleetwood Mac’s opulent success, the long nights of work wrought with “enough alcohol and cocaine to guarantee years of addiction,” the speculative stories that followed them around for years (orgies and paganism were favoured topics).

The history is relevant; her recent solo album, ‘24 Karat Gold’, reinterprets demos written before, during and after Fleetwood Mac’s rise. In it, Nicks doesn’t simply cover her own work; she acts as a musical necromancer who resurrects old sounds and personal stories of burned love, life on the road and facing demons. The song Twisted, first released on the soundtrack for the 1996 disaster-drama Twister, flicks at the appetite for danger all five band members shared. “It was originally written about a group of tornado chasers who dedicate their lives to hunting down storms,” she said.” The parallels to Fleetwood Mac are so there.” The mix of emotion, narcotics and creative egos brought forth a bounty of songs, and turbulent romances. Nicks ended her relationship with Buckingham in 1975, and had an affair with drummer Mick Fleetwood. Christine McVie, the band’s keyboardist-vocalist, left the guitarist for the sound engineer. “After the show, we wouldn’t go out,” Nicks said. “”Christine would drink wine spritzers and I’d drink tequila alone in our adjoined rooms. The boys were angry at us and we had to see them in the morning to work.”

Nicks’s record is timed to a Fleetwood Mac reunion; the group is booked for more than 40 dates in Europe and Australia, and McVie rejoins them after a 16-year hiatus. On tour, Nicks and Buckingham who share time alone on stage during the ballad Landslide, remain uncomfortable co-workers. “Fences will never be mended with Lindsey and me,” Nicks said. “We don’t agree on anything. If something is going on and I’m doing something that Lindsey doesn’t like, his manager tells my manager. I don’t care what he thinks.”

The distance is working for Nicks. The solo project, produced by former Eurhythmics guitarist-producer Dave Stewart, contains some of the best recordings she has made in two decades. The work riffs on the witchy reputation she has propagated referencing Welsh mythology and wearing sorceress-style shawls, and which is enjoying something of a moment. Nicks had a cameo on the HBO series American Horror Story: Coven last year and was a guest judge on The Voice. “I could never be Madonna”, she shrugged. “It’s too much work to be a chameleon.” She will not be dressed by stylists - “They steal your personality” - or coerced by P&R people (“Nobody has the balls to tell me what to do”). Her ’70s bohemian look is referenced by fashion designers ranging from Rodarte to Ralph Lauren. Her duets with Dixie Chicks and Taylor Swift are awards-show rating draws. The 18-year-old- editor Tavi Gevinson gave this advice to her platoon of millennial followers in a TED talk: “When in doubt, just be Stevie Nicks.”

The 66-year-old Nicks does not own a cell phone or a computer, but she’s aware of the momentum behind her. She wants to record a sequel to 24 Karat Gold. She plans to launch a capsule collection of clothing, a jewellery line a perfume. “I spend so many late nights mixing scents with cinnamon”, she said. She had advice for the young, scantily clad singers she sees backstage at award shows. “It’s degrading, and it makes women appear to be fancy little hookers. If you are not at least somewhat of a feminist, you’re going to be taken advantage of.”

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[olive]

a clothing and jewelry line in addition to the Rhiannon movie the goldfish and ladybug animation she's going to be busy

[aleuzzi]

Light engineer, not sound engineer. Christine was seeing Curry Grant.

[sorcerer999]

She is an ambitious woman, isn't she? I really do hope that each project can somehow come to fruition...

Rhiannon movie (or miniseries)
Goldfish & Ladybug animated project
Autobiography
Art & Painting exhibition
Songs From the Vault Part 2
Clothing line
Perfume collection

Sadly, I can only see SFTV part 2 and an art exhibition of her paintings as things that are likely to truly come to pass...

...and "maybe" her participation in one final Fleetwood Mac album...

[BlueDenimLamp]

When In Doubt, Be Stevie Nicks

The iconic singer releases a record amid fierce interest in her work and persona

By Elio Iannacci // Maclean’s Magazine
Source (http://www.macleans.ca/)




On tour, Nicks and Buckingham who share time alone on stage during the ballad Landslide, remain uncomfortable co-workers. “Fences will never be mended with Lindsey and me,” Nicks said. “We don’t agree on anything. If something is going on and I’m doing something that Lindsey doesn’t like, his manager tells my manager. I don’t care what he thinks.”

The distance is working for Nicks. The solo project, produced by former Eurhythmics guitarist-producer Dave Stewart, contains some of the best recordings she has made in two decades. The work riffs on the witchy reputation she has propagated referencing Welsh mythology and wearing sorceress-style shawls, and which is enjoying something of a moment. Nicks had a cameo on the HBO series American Horror Story: Coven last year and was a guest judge on The Voice. “I could never be Madonna”, she shrugged. “It’s too much work to be a chameleon.” She will not be dressed by stylists - “They steal your personality” - or coerced by P&R people (“Nobody has the balls to tell me what to do”). Her ’70s bohemian look is referenced by fashion designers ranging from Rodarte to Ralph Lauren. Her duets with Dixie Chicks and Taylor Swift are awards-show rating draws. The 18-year-old- editor Tavi Gevinson gave this advice to her platoon of millennial followers in a TED talk: “When in doubt, just be Stevie Nicks.”

The 66-year-old Nicks does not own a cell phone or a computer, but she’s aware of the momentum behind her. She wants to record a sequel to 24 Karat Gold. She plans to launch a capsule collection of clothing, a jewellery line a perfume.
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Could the writing be on the wall? Another interview and not a peep about FM recording.
“Nobody has the balls to tell me what to do" Sounds like this applies to FM as well.

[olive]

Could the writing be on the wall? Another interview and not a peep about FM recording.
“Nobody has the balls to tell me what to do" Sounds like this applies to FM as well.

She does seem especially aggressive in this interview,

[lovethemac1]

When In Doubt, Be Stevie Nicks

The iconic singer releases a record amid fierce interest in her work and persona

By Elio Iannacci // Maclean’s Magazine
Source (http://www.macleans.ca/)

A night owl by nature, Stevie Nicks was unable to sleep on a recent Saturday night in Manhattan and had scheduled a late interview to help pass the evening. So 1:30a.m. found her looking out on the terrace of her rented penthouse atop the Palace Hotel, with a hypnotic view of the Rockefeller Plaza. Amid a torrent of recollections - of her band, Fritz; of the duo she later created with former lover and Fritz guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham; and, of course, of Fleetwood Mac - Nicks began to hum a hip-hop tune. “Which rapper is it that I love who says, “Mo' money more problems?” she asked, pausing in the midst of Notorious B.I.G’s biggest hit. “He spoke the truth. Don’t I know it!”

Nicks’s truth is peppered with tales of fate and near-fatalities: Fleetwood Mac’s opulent success, the long nights of work wrought with “enough alcohol and cocaine to guarantee years of addiction,” the speculative stories that followed them around for years (orgies and paganism were favoured topics).

The history is relevant; her recent solo album, ‘24 Karat Gold’, reinterprets demos written before, during and after Fleetwood Mac’s rise. In it, Nicks doesn’t simply cover her own work; she acts as a musical necromancer who resurrects old sounds and personal stories of burned love, life on the road and facing demons. The song Twisted, first released on the soundtrack for the 1996 disaster-drama Twister, flicks at the appetite for danger all five band members shared. “It was originally written about a group of tornado chasers who dedicate their lives to hunting down storms,” she said.” The parallels to Fleetwood Mac are so there.” The mix of emotion, narcotics and creative egos brought forth a bounty of songs, and turbulent romances. Nicks ended her relationship with Buckingham in 1975, and had an affair with drummer Mick Fleetwood. Christine McVie, the band’s keyboardist-vocalist, left the guitarist for the sound engineer. “After the show, we wouldn’t go out,” Nicks said. “”Christine would drink wine spritzers and I’d drink tequila alone in our adjoined rooms. The boys were angry at us and we had to see them in the morning to work.”

Nicks’s record is timed to a Fleetwood Mac reunion; the group is booked for more than 40 dates in Europe and Australia, and McVie rejoins them after a 16-year hiatus. On tour, Nicks and Buckingham who share time alone on stage during the ballad Landslide, remain uncomfortable co-workers. “Fences will never be mended with Lindsey and me,” Nicks said. “We don’t agree on anything. If something is going on and I’m doing something that Lindsey doesn’t like, his manager tells my manager. I don’t care what he thinks.”

The distance is working for Nicks. The solo project, produced by former Eurhythmics guitarist-producer Dave Stewart, contains some of the best recordings she has made in two decades. The work riffs on the witchy reputation she has propagated referencing Welsh mythology and wearing sorceress-style shawls, and which is enjoying something of a moment. Nicks had a cameo on the HBO series American Horror Story: Coven last year and was a guest judge on The Voice. “I could never be Madonna”, she shrugged. “It’s too much work to be a chameleon.” She will not be dressed by stylists - “They steal your personality” - or coerced by P&R people (“Nobody has the balls to tell me what to do”). Her ’70s bohemian look is referenced by fashion designers ranging from Rodarte to Ralph Lauren. Her duets with Dixie Chicks and Taylor Swift are awards-show rating draws. The 18-year-old- editor Tavi Gevinson gave this advice to her platoon of millennial followers in a TED talk: “When in doubt, just be Stevie Nicks.”

The 66-year-old Nicks does not own a cell phone or a computer, but she’s aware of the momentum behind her. She wants to record a sequel to 24 Karat Gold. She plans to launch a capsule collection of clothing, a jewellery line a perfume. “I spend so many late nights mixing scents with cinnamon”, she said. She had advice for the young, scantily clad singers she sees backstage at award shows. “It’s degrading, and it makes women appear to be fancy little hookers. If you are not at least somewhat of a feminist, you’re going to be taken advantage of.”

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That damn top, does she ever take it off long enough to wash it?????

[BigAl84]

Sounds like to me that it's possible Stevie did all of these interviews around the same time...and obviously around the time of some tension between herself and Lindsey. Hopefully it's blown over since.

[olive]

Sounds like to me that it's possible Stevie did all of these interviews around the same time

based on what she's wearing you're probably right. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

[BigAl84]

I also think...if at the end of the day she still doesn't want to work on the Fleetwood Mac album, they should totally release what they have as some sort of collection and mince ZERO words in the press as to why she wasn't involved. Lindsey isn't all over the press barking at her. If she can dish it out, she better be able to handle it dished back to her.

[teedeerocks]

Could the writing be on the wall? Another interview and not a peep about FM recording.
“Nobody has the balls to tell me what to do" Sounds like this applies to FM as well.

Yes.Lindsey in particular.I know she's been getting alot of compliments about her having trimmed down,but I think she looks a little sickly.She looks better with a little weight on her IMO.

[Danielle]

Yes.Lindsey in particular.I know she's been getting alot of compliments about her having trimmed down,but I think she looks a little sickly.She looks better with a little weight on her IMO.
That's just a funny angle. Her figure is fine, look at these two pics from the MSG concert tonight:

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She looks beautiful and very healthy, imho.

[michelej1]

You can be scantily clad and not be a little hooker and also be a feminist, especially in the world of ROCK MUSIC. I'm not saying that the same rules apply in a business office setting, but when you have a stage persona, you can be perfectly legit, while scantily dressed. There shouldn't be the stigma today that there was 30 years ago. It would be nice if people could stop judging women based on what they wear.

If you're dressed in your underwear (or less) and you have no talent, you're asking to be disparaged, but there are plenty of talented people who dress provacatively as well.

Michele

[teedeerocks]

That's just a funny angle. Her figure is fine, look at these two pics from the MSG concert tonight:

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She looks beautiful and very healthy, imho.

But on stage she has layers of lace,shawls, chiffon and God only knows what on making her look a little bulkier,the look I prefer.She looks great either way but just a little frail looking trimmed down,IMO.

[PenguinHead]

She is an ambitious woman, isn't she? I really do hope that each project can somehow come to fruition...

Rhiannon movie (or miniseries)
Goldfish & Ladybug animated project
Autobiography
Art & Painting exhibition
Songs From the Vault Part 2
Clothing line
Perfume collection

Sadly, I can only see SFTV part 2 and an art exhibition of her paintings as things that are likely to truly come to pass...

...and "maybe" her participation in one final Fleetwood Mac album...

Just my off the cuff thoughts:

Stevie will be participate on Fleetwood Mac's last album. In a strange way, I hope they don't undertake a massive tour for the new album; just a few exclusive shows featuring their new material, a TV special /DVD documentary/Live DVD, and some TV show appearances. End it all with an understated dignity.

Songs from the Vault Volume 2 would be awesome. I'm so glad she is considering it. She could do a Songs from the Vault tour and just feature songs from both vault albums, but that won't happen.

A Rhiannon movie? Why?
What the heck would that be? First off she would need a find a great script writer to flesh out a flimsy concept, sell it to a production company, then get the green light to film it. It seems like very unlikely project.

She could record Goldfish and Ladybug, and hire an animator to create a cartoon video. I'd love to see Stevie in animated form. The song /video could be released online in digital format, and maybe as a feature on Songs of the Vault Volume 2. It would be nice if it had some sort of affiliation to a children's organization -- perhaps a children's charity, book, movie etc...

If there is ever an autobiography, she would need a co-writer. I prefer a biography written by an esteemed scribe. It would have more objectivity, rather than being a
vanity project.

Perfume and Clothing line? That would be somewhat interesting. But penguins like myself have no need for such items.

[teedeerocks]

She does seem especially aggressive in this interview,

That's for sure.She's got a bug up her ass or got up on the wrong side of the bed or somethin'....Must have been real pleasant working with her that day......Chris - get the wine just in case....

[wheart]

That damn top, does she ever take it off long enough to wash it?????

haha! you realize she probably has dozens of them...

[bombaysaffires]

haha! you realize she probably has dozens of them...

yeah, the interviewer for RS described her wardrobe racks as something like "the world's largest collection of diaphanous black tops"

[lovethemac1]

haha! you realize she probably has dozens of them...

You know, I never even thought of that.......makes sense. I just kept thinking that Karen must spend every night washing that thing by hand and hanging up to dry. Because, outside of the concerts, she is NEVER NOT IN THAT THING.

[Danielle]

The longer interview now:

‘I lived that song many times’: In conversation with Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks talks with Elio Iannacci on a recent cameo, a Fleetwood Mac reunion and a new solo album decades in the making

Elio Iannacci
January 23, 2015

Q (Elio Iannacci): Your album 24 Karat Gold took more than 30 years to make. Has there been some sort of cathartic release now that the demos are re-recorded?

A (Stevie Nicks): I haven’t gotten to enjoy it at all. Rehearsal for the Fleetwood Mac tour started the sixth of August, and we made 24 Karat Gold in three five-day weeks in Nashville, and then came back to my house in Los Angeles and did three more five-day weeks.

Q: Rather than have a current photo of yourself taken for the album cover, why did you choose to use a photograph from the ’70s?

A: It takes away the conceptual thing of finding a photographer that you like, that’s going to shoot you right, that’s going to get a picture where you don’t look 9,000 years old. I have all these old Polaroids smashed together in shoeboxes. I pulled out one [photo] and said, “This is the cover; it’s a golden picture. That’s solved.”

Q: Who took them?

A: I took all of them. In those days, Polaroids came with a little [self-shooting] plug that had a button on the end of it. So I can be sitting here and build my set around this couch if I wanted to. I’d usually put flowers or found a lamp to put a shawl over and then start shooting.

Q: Would you consider them your version of selfies?

A: It’s not a selfie at all. It’s a self-portrait. I did most of those Polaroids on the road. I’d read something by Horst, the photographer. He said, “Don’t take a lot of pictures. Pretend like you have no film.” With phone cameras, you take millions of shots. This was carefully planned. An exhibit of them already showed in L.A. and Art Basel in Miami. I’ve made a lot of money.

Q: You’ve also sketched quite a bit. Are there plans to exhibit your drawings?

A: Yes, at some point. Strangely enough, I’ve been drawing all afternoon. I’ve just been working on a drawing I drew in 2007 when Mick [Fleetwood]‘s little girl [Ruby]—who has a twin [sister, Tessa]—almost drowned. I started with a drawing of [Tessa], who felt responsible. Then I drew another girl next to her and she became like the fairy queen. I called it the Fairy Guardians. I sketch the faces upside down because it’s like drawing from the left side of the brain or the right side of the brain. I never took an art lesson in my life.

Q: A song on 24 Karat Gold called Belle Fleur—originally from your debut disc—mines the memories of people you called “canyon ladies.” Joni Mitchell defined these women as people who were domestic and in traditional relationships in her song Ladies of the Canyon. Is there a connection?

A: This song wasn’t about that. Belle Fleur was about not being able to have a relationship because you were a rock ’n’ roll star. Those women are me, [my sister] Lori … and friends I had from 1975 to 1978. The [lyric] “When you come to the door of the long black car”—that’s the limousine that’s coming to take you away. Then your boyfriend is standing on the porch waving at you, like, “When are you going to be back?” And you’re like, “I don’t know, maybe three months?” But then we would add shows to a tour and I could end up not being back for six months. It was difficult for the men in my life. I lived that song so many times.

Q: The songs also implies there is a joy to that kind of unbridled freedom.

A: The [experience] causes you to become one with the road. I’m comparing it to the witches in the mountains. That’s just my metaphor with the [lyric] “Mountain women live in the canyon / dancing all night long.” That’s just us coming back from shows and taking Polaroids all night long.

Q: Many of your songs have been able to foresee your own future.

A: The real premonition songs were I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and After the Glitter Fades, which starts with the line “I never thought I’d make it here in Hollywood.” They were poems I wrote before I joined Fleetwood Mac. The lyrics are so telling: “Now I have a big house with pillars standing tall all around / I’ve got a garden with roses dangling down to the ground / and I’ve got money, men to love me / and acres of land / I’ve got all these things / I’ve got all these things but a small gold band on my finger on my left hand.” I think that’s probably the most astute premonition I ever had.

Q: A lyric from the song I Don’t Care from 24 Karat Gold reveals your disdain for getting a proposal with a diamond ring. At what point did you know that you couldn’t get married?

A: Right away! In the beginning of my relationship with Lindsey, I realized that being in a relationship with a very powerful, controlling man probably wouldn’t work out for me in the future as an artist. Something in my little songwriter’s heart said, “This is what I’m always going to do. I’m going to do that whether I’m with Lindsey or whether I go and find another guitar player to play music for me and we go play at Chuck’s Steak House.”

Q: Were you ever close to having a husband?

A: If I look back over all the men in my life, there’s the first category: those are the great loves. They didn’t understand. Even if they were in the business, they were jealous and they were resentful and had a hard time with my life and they didn’t like all my friends. They didn’t like the fact that the witches of the canyon were around all the time. The next category were men who really liked me, guys who trusted me—they were not the least bit resentful of what I did when I was on tour. They would say, “Bye, keep in touch, have a good time, be great on stage and maybe I’ll fly out and see you some weekend,” but we didn’t connect in other ways because my life, my career, just got bigger.

Q: They couldn’t keep up?

A: Guess what: I had two full-on careers going! [My solo record] Bella Donna took three months to [record]—which was not very long. When it was put out, it went to No. 1. I did a very short six-week tour for it and then went straight back to Fleetwood Mac. My [close] friend Robin had leukemia and was dying all the way through the making of Bella Donna.

Q: Yet so many of 24 Karat Gold’s songs are not about affairs but of what you call “the great loves.”

A: Those are the glory songs. I couldn’t write that album today. None of those songs were written after a one-night stand because there weren’t very many of those in my life. Those are all about relationships that lasted. All my relationships lasted.

Q: 24 Karat Gold could easily have a Part 2 or 3 because of the number of demos you have. What would you include on it?

A: I think that this is one of the best records I’ve ever made. So I can’t just let this record go. When the Fleetwood Mac tour is over, I might go straight back to Nashville and record eight or nine songs, and Warner Brothers can take it and repackage the album. I have another 10 demos. There’s a song that’s called City of Hope that I love that needs to go out because that’s [the name of the California-based hospital] Robin was in. I spent a lot of time driving through the big sign that says “City of Hope” when there was no hope. With a bottle of brandy and a gram of cocaine, thinking, “Please God, don’t let her die.”

Q: You also have a song about JFK. Is it on your list of possibilities to record for the second volume of 24 Karat Gold?

A: I’ll probably do that, too. It’s called The Kennedys. That was about a strange dream I had about meeting the Kennedy men, at a cocktail party benefit in the Hamptons. I went in to play the piano and sing [for the party] and Martin Luther King walked me down the hallway. It has this amazing part that I just think would fit with the world right now: “Please God, show them the way. Please God, on this day. Spirits all gather round. Peace will come if you really want it. Peace will come if you fight harder. I think we’re just in time to save it.” I’m ready for Jack Kennedy’s dreams. I’m ready for there to be somebody leading the country that somehow puts some kind of a respect and charisma into things … basically the same thing that Clinton had.

Q: When I interviewed Cher last year, she said was 100 per cent behind Hillary Clinton becoming the next U.S. president.

A: Well I am, too. Hillary is experienced. Bill Clinton will tell you that he was in college with her and she was so much more motivated than he was. She’s the one. When I first met her with her [daughter] Chelsea, it was such a moment. She’s funny and she’s really nice. You don’t think that when you meet her but she is really sweet.

Q: Why is she the best choice?

A: She’s so damn smart. As far as the Republicans go—and my parents were both Republicans—there is no rising star. If you think of the great Republican presidents, there is no that guy. There is no John Kennedy rising in the Republican world. There is no Ronald Reagan. In the Democratic world, there is no that guy either. There is Hillary. Period. She’s my around age, and I’m 66 and a half years old. I hope that she doesn’t go like [whispers]: “I just can’t do it,” because she has a daughter, a granddaughter and a life and Bill. You have to forget about your life and determinedly and totally throw yourself into being the leader of this country.

Q: You know something about being determined. You’ve had to fight for many of your songs to get recorded. Which song would you identify as being the toughest one to release?

A: The battle of Silver Springs was pretty bad. [Fleetwood Mac] took that off [Fleetwood Mac’s 11th studio album, Rumors] and they didn’t even ask me. They replaced it with I Don’t Want to Know—which was a good song, but it was short. They took Silver Springs off because they thought it was too long on the record and there was no way to cut it down. I was told in the parking lot after it had already been done.

Q: You must have felt avenged when it finally hit the charts 20 years later.

A: I had given that song to my mother so it was kind of a bummer, because it ended up being kind of a dead gift. What was great was that when we went back together to do [a live album, 1996’s The Dance] it was the single. My mom ended up getting a $50,000 cheque two months after The Dance went out. To my mother, it had been a million-dollar cheque.

Q: Regarding the Fleetwood Mac tour, does it get any easier to share a stage with an ex who is singing about a soured relationship you had decades ago?

A: I just try to sink back into it and that’s not the hard part for me. The hard part for me is how physically difficult the three-hour set is. I walk off stage and I get into the hallways, and the first thing that comes out of my mouth is “This is too much for me!” It’s too hard, it’s too long, this set should only be an hour and a half long—we are all over 65! This is 40 shows! I feel like my bones are breaking.

Q: On tour, you thank American Horror Story for giving your song Seven Wonders a new life. Was appearing on the show an easy thing to do?

A: It could have been corny . . . but I thought it was just awesome. We really did just make a music video with me singing parts of Seven Wonders and Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You. I must have sung it [for the series’ star, Jessica Lange] 20 times because they had to film it from every possible vantage point. Jessica Lange is not an easy girl to get to know, but after singing to her for 10 hours, I think we made a connection. Afterward, I wrote her a long letter. In the scenes [we shared], she helped me by doing her part perfect every time.

Q: What would you say has been the most emotional moment you’ve experienced while being on tour with the band?

A: When I finish [performing] Silver Springs [with Lindsey Buckingham], Christine [McVie, Fleetwood Mac’s keyboardist and vocalist] waits for me and takes my hand. We walk off and we never let go of each other until we get to our tent. In that 30 seconds, it’s like my heart just comes out of my body.

Q: Do you feel that putting your solo work and art on hold for Fleetwood Mac has been worth it?

A: You get to a point in your life where some things have got to go if anything else new is going to come in. Then you face the fact that the Fleetwood Mac tickets sold out in three weeks for 80 shows. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings. I don’t want the audiences to be disappointed. I want everybody to be happy. I want the people in Fleetwood Mac to be happy. I do adore being back with Christine. She’s had a 16-year rest [McVie took a 16-year touring hiatus from the band]. She’s like ready to rock. I had forgotten how wonderful that was. I had forgotten how close we were.

http://www.macleans.ca/culture/i-lived-that-song-many-times-in-conversation-with-stevie-nicks/

[BlueDenimLamp]

The longer interview now:

‘I lived that song many times’: In conversation with Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks talks with Elio Iannacci on a recent cameo, a Fleetwood Mac reunion and a new solo album decades in the making

Elio Iannacci
January 23, 2015

Q: 24 Karat Gold could easily have a Part 2 or 3 because of the number of demos you have. What would you include on it?

A: I think that this is one of the best records I’ve ever made. So I can’t just let this record go. When the Fleetwood Mac tour is over, I might go straight back to Nashville and record eight or nine songs, and Warner Brothers can take it and repackage the album. I have another 10 demos. There’s a song that’s called City of Hope that I love that needs to go out because that’s [the name of the California-based hospital] Robin was in. I spent a lot of time driving through the big sign that says “City of Hope” when there was no hope. With a bottle of brandy and a gram of cocaine, thinking, “Please God, don’t let her die.”

Q: You also have a song about JFK. Is it on your list of possibilities to record for the second volume of 24 Karat Gold?

A: I’ll probably do that, too. It’s called The Kennedys. That was about a strange dream I had about meeting the Kennedy men, at a cocktail party benefit in the Hamptons. I went in to play the piano and sing [for the party] and Martin Luther King walked me down the hallway. It has this amazing part that I just think would fit with the world right now: “Please God, show them the way. Please God, on this day. Spirits all gather round. Peace will come if you really want it. Peace will come if you fight harder. I think we’re just in time to save it.”


http://www.macleans.ca/culture/i-lived-that-song-many-times-in-conversation-with-stevie-nicks/

Sounds like she is getting ready to make another album and or tour solo when the FM tour is finished...Does not sound promising for FM.

[sorcerer999]

So it appears that "Julia" and now "City Of Hope" are both on her mind to be recorded for the next SFTV album. Interesting.

It also sounds promising that she WILL record a new FMac album, just hearing her say "You face the fact that the Fleetwood Mac tickets sold out in three weeks for 80 shows. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings. I don’t want the audiences to be disappointed. I want everybody to be happy. I want the people in Fleetwood Mac to be happy. I do adore being back with Christine." That would seem to indicate that, although tired and "over it" she is with Lindsey, she still doesn't want to let the band down. Least of all, Christine.

I totally think she'll be on board for a new Mac record. The question will be WHEN she records with them and WHEN they will release it and tour.

If I were to guess, I'd say Stevie will earmark the later half of 2015 and most of 2016 for recording and touring solo, intermittently recording vocals for a new Mac album throughout, and then 2017 (40 year anniversary of Rumours) will be the release of the new album and final tour. Just my opinion.

in 2018, Stevie will turn 70 and I think she will start wrapping up the music career and start focusing on other things...

Geez...I just went off on a HUGE tangent, didn't I? :sorry:

[pauls90]

So it appears that "Julia" and now "City Of Hope" are both on her mind to be recorded for the next SFTV album. Interesting.

It also sounds promising that she WILL record a new FMac album, just hearing her say "You face the fact that the Fleetwood Mac tickets sold out in three weeks for 80 shows. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings. I don’t want the audiences to be disappointed. I want everybody to be happy. I want the people in Fleetwood Mac to be happy. I do adore being back with Christine." That would seem to indicate that, although tired and "over it" she is with Lindsey, she still doesn't want to let the band down. Least of all, Christine.

I totally think she'll be on board for a new Mac record. The question will be WHEN she records with them and WHEN they will release it and tour.

If I were to guess, I'd say Stevie will earmark the later half of 2015 and most of 2016 for recording and touring solo, intermittently recording vocals for a new Mac album throughout, and then 2017 (40 year anniversary of Rumours) will be the release of the new album and final tour. Just my opinion.

in 2018, Stevie will turn 70 and I think she will start wrapping up the music career and start focusing on other things...

Geez...I just went off on a HUGE tangent, didn't I? :sorry:

I'm afraid your right. Before this I was definitely expecting Fleetwood Mac album news at the tail end of 2015. I'm afraid that most likely won't be happening now. It's obviously still VERY much on her mind that she's not promoting 24KG as she would like. She won't let a Volume 2 come out and not get to put more weight behind it.

It makes me genuinely sad that she's not excited about the band. She even recognizes the amazing energy behind them right now, yet still plays it all off as an after thought. :( *sigh*

[BigAl84]

So it appears that "Julia" and now "City Of Hope" are both on her mind to be recorded for the next SFTV album. Interesting.

It also sounds promising that she WILL record a new FMac album, just hearing her say "You face the fact that the Fleetwood Mac tickets sold out in three weeks for 80 shows. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings. I don’t want the audiences to be disappointed. I want everybody to be happy. I want the people in Fleetwood Mac to be happy. I do adore being back with Christine." That would seem to indicate that, although tired and "over it" she is with Lindsey, she still doesn't want to let the band down. Least of all, Christine.

I totally think she'll be on board for a new Mac record. The question will be WHEN she records with them and WHEN they will release it and tour.

If I were to guess, I'd say Stevie will earmark the later half of 2015 and most of 2016 for recording and touring solo, intermittently recording vocals for a new Mac album throughout, and then 2017 (40 year anniversary of Rumours) will be the release of the new album and final tour. Just my opinion.

in 2018, Stevie will turn 70 and I think she will start wrapping up the music career and start focusing on other things...

Geez...I just went off on a HUGE tangent, didn't I? :sorry:


I think the biggest deciding factor will be Warner Bros. They may say, you just put out an album. Go finish the mac album and we will be more than happy to do SFV Pt.2. I also see being this as a possible land mind of band politics. I doubt warner bros will want to see her walk away from the mac, but they also don't want to piss her off.

If she does go straight into working on a part 2....I don't see her working on the mac album at the same time. No way. With her current attitude, it's going to be all about Stevie all the time and the Mac can wait.

I think she's going to pull the 2/3 year hiatus bit that she loves to pull out of her hat. Let's wait to finish the album and tour after my next solo record. If the rest of the band is even willing, it would probably push the album back to 2017.

Where they really blew it - they should of done just the first leg of the tour and made that initial leg maybe a tad shorter. Break for christmas and spend the spring/summer finish the album...OR Stevie could of finished part 2 of SFV during that time. It kind of amazes me that I get the impression Stevie didn't realize how Chris coming back would blow up to be the big deal that it is.

[BigAl84]

That's for sure.She's got a bug up her ass or got up on the wrong side of the bed or somethin'....Must have been real pleasant working with her that day......Chris - get the wine just in case....

Haha!!! that made my day, thanks for the laugh. She needs a prescription of fukitol.

[Nick]

Stephanie better get her sh*t together. Most fans want a new FM album before another solo album from Stevie, and I say this as a huge fan of hers. I loved 24K but I want to hear a proper followup to "Tango".

[BlueDenimLamp]

Stephanie better get her sh*t together. Most fans want a new FM album before another solo album from Stevie, and I say this as a huge fan of hers. I loved 24K but I want to hear a proper followup to "Tango".

And what if she doesn't? It's not like the band has shown any desire /guts to stand up to her. If FM want's her on their last record they will most likely have to do so on her schedule. Gotta love when the FM crowd gets upset and starts calling her "Stephanie"

I'll take another solo album over 3 or 4 of Stevie's Bucky tweeked songs any time.

[Nick]

LOL, yeah I am calling her Stephanie as I'm tipsy tonight. I want a final FM album and a few more Stevie albums if possible.

[PenguinHead]

Stephanie better get her sh*t together. Most fans want a new FM album before another solo album from Stevie, and I say this as a huge fan of hers. I loved 24K but I want to hear a proper followup to "Tango".

That's what I was thinking. Queen Stephanie Myshetdon'tstink Nicks expresses how much she doesn't want to disappoint the band or the fans; she wants everyone to be happy, yet there is no mention about the final Fleetwood Mac album. That's a stark, unspoken contrast of sentiment.

She's completely ignoring the recording effort the band has already made, and she's snubbing legions of Fleetwood Mac fans who would love one last album with the five fireflies. This attitude was somewhat rational in past years. I give her credit for the compromises she has made in balancing the band's needs with the demands of her solo career.

Yet, this time there is a special circumstance: this is a critical time -- the endgame for the band. She is acting like an egotistical hypocrite if she chooses to to bail out now. Her role in the recording process is minimal, requiring less demand compared to the rest of the band; they are the ones doing all the heavy work.

She's treating this situation like an inconvenience. Sooner than later there will be no pesky Fleetwood Mac to interfere with her plans; she will be free to carry on with her career for many more years to come. A small gesture of gratitude and collaboration with the band who made her a superstar is not much to ask for.

[BigAl84]

She should of just owned up to it after say you will and put it in writing contractually that she would only be part of Fleetwood Mac as a touring entity and NOT as a contributing studio member instead of all this hot and cold BS. Had that happened, I wonder if the tours in '09 and '13 would have ever occurred and subsequently the return of Christine. It sure is bittersweet these days.

[bombaysaffires]

why are the men who don't like your career, resent your success, don't "get" you, don't like your friends….your "great loves"??? Sound like buttheads to me.

And then the guys who like you and trust you to do whatever you're going to do on the road are just…..some "other" category.

She always says her "career" got in the way…and I don't doubt for at time there when she was at her peak running two careers (80-87/8 or so) time was just impossible to find. But otherwise, especially since then, once she got clean from Klonopin, it's really been her choice not to be in a long-term monogamous relationship. She chooses not to make certain concessions or compromises for a relationship, she doesn't make the effort to accommodate someone else's needs. It CAN be done--- even with two famous people…. look at Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Fergie and Josh Duhamel, etc etc, and hell even Madonna has made it work long enough to have a family etc. Chris has managed to fit in long-term relationships. Stevie just isn't about to put anyone ahead of herself. Which is fine; just own it. I don't have a relationship because I choose to be the center of my universe and I'm good with that. Don't blame the "career" like it's something you have no control over. Especially since the late 80s and through the 90s til now.

[michelej1]

You know, I never even thought of that.......makes sense. I just kept thinking that Karen must spend every night washing that thing by hand and hanging up to dry. Because, outside of the concerts, she is NEVER NOT IN THAT THING.

She probably has 10 of them.

Michele

[michelej1]

The longer interview now:


This is a great interview. Thanks.

Michele

[PenguinHead]

She should of just owned up to it after say you will and put it in writing contractually that she would only be part of Fleetwood Mac as a touring entity and NOT as a contributing studio member instead of all this hot and cold BS. Had that happened, I wonder if the tours in '09 and '13 would have ever occurred and subsequently the return of Christine. It sure is bittersweet these days.

I don't see how that matters at all. After the Say You Will tour they ceased being a recording band just by default. There was no master plan.

Both Stevie and Lindsey preoccupied their time with their solo careers. At least those two cash-grab tours kept the Fleetwood Mac brand alive, and fattened their coffers.

[bombaysaffires]

I don't see how that matters at all. After the Say You Will tour they ceased being a recording band just by default. There was no master plan.

Both Stevie and Lindsey preoccupied their time with their solo careers. At least those two cash-grab tours kept the Fleetwood Mac brand alive, and fattened their coffers.

But Lindsey has wanted, and tried to push the other members for, another Mac record for years now. While he has returned to his solo career when gaps have opened up (minus the one time he said, give me 3 years) he has ultimately always wanted the Mac to continue to be a vital recording band. It's Stevie that's been holding that up.

[teedeerocks]

Haha!!! that made my day, thanks for the laugh. She needs a prescription of fukitol.

Most definitely.But if that doesn't work,then she has no choice but to have the dreaded analrodectomy done,which is a procedure that has been proven to effectively alleviate the annoying symptoms of IMeMyitis in chronic sufferers;)

[sodascouts]

I would LOVE to have a second 24 Karat Gold album with my album favorite demo "City of Hope" on it!

That said....

I want her to do an album with Fleetwood Mac more. There's just nothing like the magic when there's all five of them together, and this is pretty much the last chance for that magic to happen.

[Jondalar]

I think that Stevie will do the new Fleetwood Mac record, but I also think she got screwed. 24K Gold is a triumph and she knows it.

[tabruns]

Actually this read to me like what she wants to do is finish 9-10 more demos, put out a repackaged 24 Karat Gold with the additional tracks, then move on to Mac. I definitely got the sense of a re-released 24 Karat Gold with additional tracks:

"I think that this is one of the best records I’ve ever made. So I can’t just let this record go. When the Fleetwood Mac tour is over, I might go straight back to Nashville and record eight or nine songs, and Warner Brothers can take it and repackage the album."

[Frankenstein]

Really cool to hear her talking about City of Hope. What is this "Kennedys" song? I wonder when it was written :shocked:

[James89]

Stephanie better get her sh*t together. Most fans want a new FM album before another solo album from Stevie, and I say this as a huge fan of hers. I loved 24K but I want to hear a proper followup to "Tango".

OMG, exactly my opinion. I listen to Say You Will a lot and that's 12 years old now. A new FM album is long overdue. She'd better realise this. :rolleyes: