RIP Prince

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

Stevie Nicks: Let me state this here and now: We did not have a sexual relationship--I did not let that happen.

I don't understand her need to use that particular language "I did not let that happen". Why say it that way? I mean, jeeps, she slept with everyone else on the planet.... why say it like "I did not go there" as if it were a bad thing or something? Because he's black? It just makes me wonder. It's not like she hadn't been around the block with almost everyone else, or fallen into bed with people on first meeting (um, Dave Stewart, anyone?). So what the hell does this comment mean??

Well, the question that she was responding to was very leading, implicating they had a sexual relationship. So I took it that she was just trying to clarify before she talked about him so their friendship wasn't further misconstrued as something more than it was.

Maybe, since, like you said, she slept with everyone else on the planet, it was a big deal for Stevie that she exercised some self-control and kept that one relationship professional (as professional as falling asleep on someone's kitchen floor can be, anyway - this is Stevie we're talking about). She clearly respected him as an artist and had a great deal of affection for him as a person, so maybe she didn't want people to be under the impression that she'd used him or something like that.

Also - this interview was from the mid-90s. I'm not sure Stevie was all that candid about her sexual exploits back then. Even now it's not like she's in the habit of listing off people she's slept with... she mentions her affairs/relationships but always in pretty vague terms.

Or maybe she's a racist. Or maybe she's a hypocrite and thought Prince was too promiscuous or something. It's anyones guess.