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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Stevie Nicks
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
by Lance Loud
Details: Now that you're forty-six, how are you dealing with your sex symbol status?
Stevie Nicks: I have no illusions. When I'm sixty years old I'll still be writing songs and singing them. But will someone in the audience say, "Gee, what a sexy older lady-babe she is"? I doubt it. I mean, get a life, you know? If physical beauty is the only reason people buy my records, then I don't know why I'm doing this.
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"If you could see me now...."
Don't be so sure no one's saying that about you as you approach 60, Stevie honey.
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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Details: People used to make fun of your platforms.
Stevie Nicks: And now they’re totally in style, thank you very much. If you don't see me in platform boots, you'll probably see me in my platform Reeboks. I wear them every day.
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Wow - they were around back then??? I don't think I realized that. You know, I was one of the masses who didn't "get" the platforms in the early 80s. Now?? I look back, and I'm like, man, she had style.
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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Details: Rumor number two--still going around--is that you are still getting high.
Stevie Nicks: Untrue. I haven't done cocaine for eight years. Unfortunately, it's just the way I have to live. Do I miss it? Yeah, I miss it. Would I ever do it again? No. The doctors told me that I'd have a brain hemorrhage if I drank or did drugs.
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I guess this was the klonopin era, right? Or just at the end of? When I read something like this, my respect for her just goes up hugely. I know what denial over an addiction or illness is about, and it's such a huge sign of recovery and good health when someone can talk about and admit to past addictions. I'm glad she can now - and I still think it's phenomenal where she's been in her life and where she is now.
Thanks for posting the article - I read it ages ago... but I love re-reading old stuff that I've forgotten about through the years!