Stevie Nicks Video Access Hollywood Interview

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Stevie said that Lindsey said "come and go" with respect to the appearance in London and how it could have been more than one song. She didn't say he said it about a full time return to the band. So, even Stevie hasn't said what Lindsey's thoughts are on this yet.

Second, if Stevie said "coming and going" wasn't important to her in London, what has Lindsey done to change her mind about that in the few weeks that have passed? Why was she so against his point of view in September, but now he has "influenced" her to his way of thinking? They spent the whole summer together, but she still said coming and going wasn't a big deal to her at one point. She can change her own mind, without him changing it for her, since he hadn't changed it in the last 15 years where Christine is concerned.

The thing is, when Stevie said that coming and going was not important to her, Stevie was also talking about Christine coming on stage to appear in London. She wasn't talking about Christine's full time return to the band in September. Maybe her views have ALWAYS been that Christine should know what she's jumping in to before returning. Stevie was talking about how miserable Christine was 13 years ago and saying that Christine had toured since she was 17 and didn't want to do it anymore back then. Her recent comments about how hard stage shows are sound like hers and not like Lindsey's. She didn't just parrot the "come and go" line. She also tossed in a lot of arguments against a hasty return to the band that Lindsey has NEVER voiced in the press and they don't even sound like something Lindsey would say. He might talk about how horrible band politics and (in the old days) drugs were when they toured. He never said that touring itself was hard.

Plus, we recently saw with the Without You intro where Stevie said that Lindsey told her the band didn't want her, but only wanted him, that Stevie exaggerates what Lindsey says. Lindsey didn't say that on the video. Mick pointed to him, to indicate that the band wanted him and not a duo and all Lindsey did was mutter, "me? Me? Me?" From that Stevie gathered that Lindsey was telling her they wanted a "smoking" guitarist and not his hippie girlfriend, but that's not what Lindsey said. Stevie doesn't always recount Lindsey's words accurately. She intuits what he means and then elaborates on her own. There is some projection there, which is natural.

This reminds me of Sheryl Crow. Do you remember when Lindsey said that Stevie got upset with Sheryl Crow? He said both Mick and Stevie were upset with Sheryl. Mick and Stevie never said they were upset. Lindsey was clearly upset with Sheryl. I think he just put the words in Stevie and Mick's mouths. I don't know if Stevie ever told Lindsey she was mad at Sheryl Crow.

That's the case here. Christine has also confirmed that Lindsey didn't want her to do the first London show. I believe that. But whether Lindsey said she can' just "come and go" or not is a mystery. Especially, since Stevie is saying it now, as if they were her own words. Maybe they always have been. It's not that she doesn't want Christine to return. It's that she wants Christine to know what she's getting into. She is the one that said Christine looked at her with her big blue eyes and said she can't do it anymore and that touring was Stevie's dream, but it wasn't Christine's. She is the one who said she knew Christine was done and meant it. Maybe she is the one who wants to make sure Christine means it now.

You may assume that Lindsey has influenced her behind the scenes, but since she is the one who told us what Lindsey said in the first place and we've never heard from Lindsey, I don't make that assumption.

As for Lindsey's burned her bridges, he said all he meant by that was that Christine sold her home, divorced, moved back to England, etc. He didn't say that it meant that she could not return to the band. I think the connotation was clear to him, so I've never liked his repeated use of the phrase, but that's what we've heard him say all these years. We haven't heard him say "she can't just come and go." But you're right. He likes to repeat himself. Maybe one day we will hear him say it.

Aside from that, Lindsey likes to be blunt and irritating, so his views will probably be very straight forward and maybe unwelcome when we hear them. But there's no guarantee that they will be what STEVIE says they are.

Michele

I don't think his comments address separate issues…London, studio recording, touring. His view on Christine leaving the band has been the same since she left. I think he just prefers Christine being in retirement because it has let him have more creative control of the band. From Say You Will, to the EP, to being called the inspiration in the studio and the stage (according to Mick), he’s been the one in control. As a result, he’s been the happiest he’s ever been in years. And I don’t think it’s just because of his kids. He essentially runs Fleetwood Mac now. But that changes if Christine comes back to the band.

I attribute Stevie’s slight change in attitude (i.e. her latest interviews about Chris) on getting along better with Lindsey. It’s very apparent that they communicate much today than they ever have. They're willing to listen to each other. So I can see her empathizing with Lindsey and his concerns about Christine returning to the band permanently. If anything, I think that's what is coming across in her latest interviews, Lindsey's side of the story. I don't think he's completely against it, but I don't think he's totally on board either.

This is all speculation and entertainment. But that’s what we do as fans who post to a fan board. There’s no problem with talking about it, one way or the other.