āStevie Nicks will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (again). She will be honored for her work as a solo artist. As we all know Stevie is a woman who stands on her ownā¦with grace. Her power comes from the essence of who she is. Nothing is contrived. Her work is vulnerable and unusual and stunning. I could go on and on about what sheās done for me but letās keep the focus on this artistic giant and let us all bask in her whimsy and just get lost in the song for a while.ā
ā Vanessa Carlton, via her official Instagram account. (Make sure to click and read her amazing āP.Sā.)
Fleetwood Mac singer talks making history as first woman to become a double inductee into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Stevie Nicks was two shows away from wrapping up the 2018 leg of Fleetwood Macās world tour when the news came in that she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, making her the first woman in history to enter the institution twice. āItās a lot to take in emotionally,ā she told Rolling Stone the following evening. āIām kind of really emotional now. If I have to cry, you just have to let me cry and then weāll get back to this.āĀ
Nicks managed to avoid crying during our 20-minute conversation, but she did explain why this honor is so meaningful to her, why sheāll miss Tom Petty and Prince that night along with her parents, how she hopes this will inspire younger women in the industry, how the other members of Fleetwood Mac reacted, what she told the members of Haim after a recent show and how she hopes to finally meet Janet Jackson at the ceremony.Ā
Walk me through the moment of when you found out you were in.Ā
āI obviously found out about the nomination [in October], but I never believe anything is going to happen until it actually happens. I believed that the nomination was happening because the nomination happened. But I didnāt give it that much thought because I was out on the road working extremely hard with an extremely hard schedule for a little old lady like myself. I was just like, āOkay.āĀ
But Iāve always been that way, ever since I was a little girl. When something big or fantastic happens, I never go there in my mind. I just go, āThatās really great.ā And I really appreciate that. But I donāt really believe it ever. Thatās because in my whole life Iām the type of person where I donāt want to get my feelings hurt, so Iām not going to believe it until it actually is. Thatās in every type of part of my life, from family to friends to projects to whatever. I donāt know where that came from, but it started a long time ago, that way of accepting things.Ā
When I found out yesterday that it was for sure I was getting ready for the second big show at the Forum, so I was super tired and super wanting to walk onstage and for all of us to just be spectacular. And then Iām trying to process the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, so itās a lot for one brain to take in. I was just like, āThatās great. Thatās amazing. Iāll be there.āĀ
But then when we went onstageā¦ I never would have expected anybody in the band to have said anything about it. But I was standing right in front of Mick [Fleetwood] and all of a sudden he did say something about it, but I had one of my ear monitors out. I thought he said something about the Hall of Fame, but I wasnāt really quite sure. I turned around and looked at him and I could hear he was saying, āCongratulations. Weāre really proud of you.ā It was something like that. I couldnāt really tell what he said.Ā
And then I turned towards Christine [McVie] and she was like, āCongratulations sweetheartā or something and Iām just standing there and thinking that this was not anything that would have been mentioned onstage before. [She seems to mean before Lindsey Buckingham left the group, but she was unwilling to field questions about that situation.]Ā
I was a little bit verklempt and I didnāt know what to do. And then we were getting ready to go into the song that Neil [Finn] and I do [āDonāt Dream Itās Overā] and then during the āLandslideā dedication I said, āI wouldnāt have said anything about this, but because Mick and Christine said something about it, youāve opened the doors.āĀ
Then I made a dedication to Jimmy Iovine for making this Gemini able to have two careers, which for somebody like me was so wonderful because I like bouncing from one thing to the other back to the other back to the other. Iām never bored, ever, and if I want to take a vacation, I told the audience, I donāt want to go to Hawaii for a year. I really just want to go to Hawaii for like two weeks and then come back and start on another project. Thatās how Iāve always been. I would be bored stiff.Ā
The fact that Iāve been able to have these two careers my whole lifeā¦ I joined Fleetwood Mac at the beginning of 1975. We started talking about the solo album at the end of 1979, so my solo work was just a little over four years behind Fleetwood Mac. It has made my life amazing because Iāve been able to have these two amazing careers and live in two completely different worlds. I did dedicate it to Jimmy Iovine, him and several others. But it was Jimmy that said, āI will produce your record and weāll make you a Tom Petty record, expect itāll be a girl Tom Petty record.ā I found that very exciting and I was jumping off the walls.Ā
Thatās how it all started. The people around me in my solo career were all very much like, āThis is not going to mess with Fleetwood Mac. Youāre going to be able to do both. Itās what you do. Youāre a Gemini. You want two lives.ā And then it just took off, both things. So Iām very grateful to all the spirits that it was made easy for me to do this and nobody was angry with me and saying, āYou shouldnāt do this.ā Everybody backed up the whole thing. That was really wonderful because it could have gone the other way, but it didnāt go the other way.āĀ
@pietlevy (Piet Levy): ā@StevieNicks sang part of the first song she wrote when she was 15 inspired by her first love, Steve, who was in the audience @FiservForum with his family Sunday.ā
