Stevie's Voice

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In

Time Out New York - Interview
April 26 - May 3 issue (issue #292)
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Sobriety test

After kicking pills and overcoming writer's block, Stevie Nicks comes clean on her new album

By Gia Kourlas

Stevie says the following:

TONY: What was blocking you?

Stevie: Well, I know what was blocking me. First of all, in the beginning of 1994, I went into rehab to stop taking Klonopin, which I'd been taking for almost eight years. Street Angel was done in the last two years of the Klonopin, when it had really kicked in to the point that it took away my soul and creativity. The record was finished in November; I went into rehab on the 12th of December and got out on the 27th of January. So I listened to the record--I'm off all the drugs--and I knew it was terrible. It had cost a fortune. I tried really hard to fix it, but I couldn't. So I had to go and do interviews for it, just like I'm doing right now, and it was everything I could do not to say to the interviewers, "I hate this record." When I had dinner with Tom, I was having a hard time getting over the Street Angel experience. I was just really sad. That dinner made all the difference. I give Tom all the credit in the world for this record.

So, apparenly, she kicked Klonopin and then had to tour with a record she did not care for that much. Ouch!!!!

Tha article is posted on the Nicksfix (thanks to John Kinney)