Enigmatic Stevie Quotes

David · #1 10-05-2005, 09:28 PM

I'm not a very good houseguest. I just don't like to go to other people's houses. I like people to come to my house. Probably because that's the way I was raised. My mother never really let me go & stay at other people's houses. She would allow me to have all my friends to my house, but she would not allow me to go away. And this comes from something that she's never told me about her own childhood. And some day she will tell me, & it won't be a nice story. But there's something about her, the way she raised me, that said You can have anybody you want, as late as you want, at our house. But you cannot stay with them.

-- 1989 British TV interview

LiquidBlue5000 · #2 10-05-2005, 09:44 PM

".. and so when the whole hurricane thing happened, it seemed to me almost like Landslide you know it it it sorta moved up through the years and became something that really could actually be.. if i had written this, i could have written this about everything thats gone on in the last month and a half.."

-- 2005 Today Show Interview

jkmaletic · #3 10-05-2005, 10:24 PM

Huh- guess I shouldn't bother inviting her over for Halloween then.

catinthedark · #4 10-05-2005, 10:26 PM

She had no problem a few years ago when she came and stayed with me for a few weeks.

AliceLover · #5 10-05-2005, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I'm not a very good houseguest. I just don't like to go to other people's houses. I like people to come to my house. Probably because that's the way I was raised. My mother never really let me go & stay at other people's houses. She would allow me to have all my friends to my house, but she would not allow me to go away. And this comes from something that she's never told me about her own childhood. And some day she will tell me, & it won't be a nice story. But there's something about her, the way she raised me, that said You can have anybody you want, as late as you want, at our house. But you cannot stay with them.

-- 1989 British TV interview

I have this interview on DVD. Its really great......

GateandGarden · #6 10-05-2005, 10:31 PM

This is one of my favorite WTF moments from the "Ask Stevie" section of the Nicksfix.

"Why is Doing the Best I Can subtitled 'Escape from Berlin?'"

Stevie's answer:

"The musical part of the song is kind of scary and it reminded me of having to escape from somewhere."

amber · #7 10-05-2005, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I'm not a very good houseguest. I just don't like to go to other people's houses. I like people to come to my house. Probably because that's the way I was raised. My mother never really let me go & stay at other people's houses. She would allow me to have all my friends to my house, but she would not allow me to go away. And this comes from something that she's never told me about her own childhood. And some day she will tell me, & it won't be a nice story. But there's something about her, the way she raised me, that said You can have anybody you want, as late as you want, at our house. But you cannot stay with them.

-- 1989 British TV interview

That is bizarre, I'd never heard/read that. Of course I was thinking "my house was opposite. No one could really come to my house, ever." But besides that, it's still bizarre.

Aside from that, I think most things Stevie says are bizarre. Not necessarily in themselves, although that can happen.
The sheer...Candid Randomness is bizarre.
The lies/refabrications/evasions are bizarre, yet rich and varied. As are the revealed truths. And you never know which it is. I think they are impenatrably intertwined. It's a rich tapestry of lies and truths. Golden. Lovely.

The rote repititions are even bizarre.
"So, I went down to sly stones fabulous studio...it had a whole spiral staircase, and was just...it was really fabulous...." - - - "So then Prince came over and wrote the synth part, and I never saw him again!"

*YEAH, WE KNOW!

* And goodness knows half of those could be fabrications, too! Soooo Sweeeeet!
Shyeah.
The thing is, I can totally imagine how that happens/happened. In the real way, nothing Stevie says is bizarre to me at all. Even when it's bad.

I can always see how, objectively, it would be bizarre. But to me it makes sense. Plus, I'm not looking for especially literal things in Stevie's songs.
I do look for the literal emotional meanings, and I believe that is always very, or at least fairly, easily discernable.
I enjoy the game, insofar as I play it, and just take everything I hear as a part of a rich tapestry, and then try to discern any meanings which may be repeating patterns. No big. A bunch I take with grains of salt, because I know how that is. I say all kinds of random things all the time. They could mean anything at any moment.

I just take Stevie the same way. No one could possibly think or feel the same things all the time. That's absurd! And predictable!

It just seems natural to me that sometimes Stevie would be totally brill, and sometimes she'd be TOOOOTALLY lame. It all works out.
Sooo...this convo is close to moot for me, though I love reading all the bizarre things Stevie has said. I love it like chips and salsa. Salsa Fresca, that is.

amber · #8 10-05-2005, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AliceLover

I have this interview on DVD. Its really great......

God, I would do terrible things to hear this interview. Sesly. You know, my birthday is coming up in .... 9 months....

AliceLover · #9 10-05-2005, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

God, I would do terrible things to hear this interview. Sesly. You know, my birthday is coming up in .... 9 months....

You mean our birthday!!!

It has this interview on it, then theres another about OSOTM in England and theres cool footage of her twirling in a room with red dress and big sleeves that ive never seen before.

THEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stevie, Lori, and Sharon singing, Doing the Best that I can with Stevie on Piano..............SO AWESOME!

amber · #10 10-05-2005, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AliceLover

You mean our birthday!!!

It has this interview on it, then theres another about OSOTM in England and theres cool footage of her twirling in a room with red dress and big sleeves that ive never seen before.

THEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stevie, Lori, and Sharon singing, Doing the Best that I can with Stevie on Piano..............SO AWESOME!

Yes, ours. Why do you torment me?

sooo...sendy senderson???

AliceLover · #11 10-05-2005, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

Yes, ours. Why do you torment me?

sooo...sendy senderson???

I can't copy DVD's, but I would be willing to send this to someone to torrent it. She tells the interviewer that she reminds her a lot of Christine. Its great.

David · #12 10-05-2005, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AliceLover

I can't copy DVD's, but I would be willing to send this to someone to torrent it. She tells the interviewer that she reminds her a lot of Christine. Its great.

Yes! And there's another snippet on the tape done during Behind The Mask press stuff in Europe, & they show footage from some outdoor show in Europe & they're playing Everywhere!

These shows that the band tapes just don't show up fast enough for me. You have to wait years & years for some fan to grab it.

GateandGarden · #13 10-05-2005, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

This is one of my favorite WTF moments from the "Ask Stevie" section of the Nicksfix.

"Why is Doing the Best I Can subtitled 'Escape from Berlin?'"

Stevie's answer:

"The musical part of the song is kind of scary and it reminded me of having to escape from somewhere."

You know, it just dawned on me that that's not enigmatic at all. It's just stupid.

David · #14 10-05-2005, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

You know, it just dawned on me that that's not enigmatic at all. It's just stupid.

lol! Well, you know, she could have called it "I'm Doing The Best I Can (Escape Via Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad)"

Ghost_Tracker · #15 10-05-2005, 11:42 PM

This is my all-time favorite "can I have some of that?" quote -

"I read the name of it in a . . . just a . . . novel;
realized it, thought, 'that's a really beautiful name;'
'bout . . . ten minutes later, sat down, wrote, 'Rhiannon!'
We think . . . she was a goddess . . . Queen . . .
and that her memory became the myth . . . .
I definitely feel that there's a presence! . . . ."
[intro to "Rhiannon" starts.]

Yeah uhmmm - yeah, OKAY!

( actually I think she did this intentionally to encourage her
"mystical" image but - yike!? Can I have some TOO???

)