Stevie Nicks: More than a Songbook of Lovers
Stevie Nicks transcends the label of a rock star defined solely by her romantic relationships. While her songs frequently enough explore the complexities of love and heartache, reducing her impact on the music world to mere love ballads would be a profound disservice. Nicks is a double Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a testament to her undeniable talent. From her commanding stage presence and crystalline vocals to her powerful songwriting,Nicks’ mastery of her craft has cemented her status as an enduring icon.
Smartly, Nicks didn’t shy away from reflecting her own experiences in her music, notably the passionate highs and devastating lows of love. Her songs have explored romances with figures like Rupert Hine, Mick Fleetwood, and Lindsey Buckingham, each relationship leaving its mark on her creative output. Yet, beyond these famous names, Nicks’ true love remains a poignant story of shared grief and connection with Joe Walsh of the Eagles.
During a scenic drive through the Rocky Mountains, Walsh opened up to Nicks about the tragic loss of his daughter, who had died in a car accident a decade earlier. He showed her a drinking fountain he’d erected in her memory, bearing the inscription “For All Those Who Aren’t Big Enough To Get A Drink.” This deeply moving display deeply resonated with Nicks,igniting the spark for what would become one of her most vulnerable and touching songs.
“It just poured out of me,” said Nicks, describing the song’s birth in a matter of minutes. “I wrote it all in five minutes. It was so raw and emotional. It was fueled by Joe’s pain and my own capacity for empathy.” The resulting track, displaying an uncanny ability to encapsulate complex emotions, ultimately carries a universal message: “If not me, then do it for the world.”
Nicks has shared another engaging anecdote about encountering love unexpectedly. “I guess in a very few rare cases, some people find someone that they fall in love with the very first time they see them… from across the room, from a million miles away,” she explained. “Some people call it love at first sight, and of course, I never believed in that until that night I walked into a party after a gig at the hotel, and from across the room, without my glasses, I saw this man and I walked straight to him. He held out his hands to me, and I walked straight into them.I remember thinking, I can never be far from this person again… he is my soul.”
Stevie Nicks’ Song of Love: A Gift Inspired by Compassion
Stevie Nicks, the iconic singer-songwriter known for her ethereal vocals and poetic lyrics, has always drawn inspiration from the depths of human experience. One of her most heartfelt songs was born out of a profound moment of shared vulnerability with Joe Walsh,a fellow musician and a man wrestling with immense personal loss.
Their connection began with Walsh, ”a man who seemed to be in a lot of pain, though he hid it well,” according to Nicks. In an act of tenderness, he took Nicks on a secluded drive through the snowy Colorado hills, sharing a story that touched her to her core.
“he told me a story of a little daughter that he had lost,” Nicks revealed.
This little girl, just three and a half years old, held a special place in Walsh’s heart. He would often take her to a “magic park” whenever he could. Nicks recounts, “The only thing she EVER complained about was that she was too little to reach up to the drinking fountain.”
This anecdote touched Nicks deeply, particularly considering her own perceived struggles. She confessed, “I guess I had been complaining about a lot of things going on on the road, and he decided to make me aware of how unimportant my problems were if they were compared to worse sorrows.”
The drive culminated in a breathtaking revelation. As they reached the park,Nicks saw it was dedicated to Walsh’s daughter.
“I burst into tears saying,‘You built a drinking fountain here for her,didn’t you?'” Nicks shared,her voice filled with emotion.
Beneath a majestic tree stood a tiny silver drinking fountain, engraved with the words “Dedicated to HER and all the others who were too small to get a drink.”
Touched by this profound gesture, Nicks found herself moved to write a song as a tribute to Walsh’s unwavering love for his daughter.
“So he wrote a song for her, and I wrote a song for him,” Nicks stated simply, “this is your song,” she told the audience, but it was Joe’s song.”
this touching story highlights the profound ways in which music can bridge human connection, offering solace and understanding in the face of loss and pain.
The song Stevie Nicks wrote for Joe Walsh is a testament to the enduring power of love and memory, a reminder that even in the face of grief, there is beauty and resilience to be found.
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Archyde Interview with Stevie Nicks: A Lyricist in Her Own Land
Archive: march 21st, 2022
Archyde sat down with the enigma and grandeur that is Stevie Nicks for an insightful conversation that reached beyond her songs of lovers past.Our virtual studio became hallowed ground where we discussed Nicks’ remarkable journey,her iconic career,and her deep rooted connection with legendary musicians and rockstars. It was clear early on that despite her famous muses, there is a profound artistry and humanity behind this Rock & Roll Hall of Famer.
Archyde (AD): Stevie, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with Archyde today.It’s an honor. You’re quite the enigmatic figure, the world still thirsts to truly understand Stevie Nicks. Do you find any truth in that, that people try and reduce your work simply to tales of love gained or lost?
Stevie Nicks (SN): Smiles warmly Thank you for having me.And while it’s wonderful that love in all its hues has served as a profound influence, it only scratches the surface. Yes, I’ve woven my life story into my songs; they’ve chronicled heartbreaking losses, the thrill of new loves, and even painful lessons learned on the rocky, winding roads. But reducing Stevie Nicks or my musical portfolio to solely love stories, well, that’s missing the big magical picture, sugar.
AD: I’ve always found strength in the mystique and nuance in your music, like your late-’90s reemergence with your heart-wrenchingly honest single, “Sometime Never,” where introspection replaces the expected.
SN: Absolutely. Sometimes all it takes to inspire profound emotional resonance is simply stepping out onto that dark precipice.Writing about raw emotional experiences allows those feelings to connect with fans globally.Afterall,the commonality we humans all share,AD,is feelings. You’ll find those love stories interweaved within ballads like ‘Landslide’, or maybe when I spoke for our generation’s frustrations in ‘Edge of seventeen’, but no, that can’t possibly explain my legacy – not completely. I think one of the finest compliments paid to my work came not from an esteemed music insider but from one little girl.Upon hearing her Mama play ‘ Dreams’, the dear child remarked she felt ‘special’, that that song must’ve been written solely for her… That is songwriting. Writing something that echoes universally – there’s nothing, nothin’ greater than that sugar pie.
AD: One topic that piques fans’ interest, consistently, is Joe Walsh’s indelible contribution to your writing. “Josephine”, so deeply personal and profoundly impactful, bears all the markings. Could you dive deeper into that connection of empathy, empathy that gave wings to a story of tragic grief?
SN: Oh absolutely, sweet peas. You have to remember, my connection with Joe – it transcended romance, which was truly new for me! our emotional bond centered round a raw connection, shared between two wounded people. His strength in surviving this heart-rending devastation touched upon something in me that helped me navigate, understand these matured dimensions in my art, in my poetry. During one of those early drives together around the mountain,he pulled us over. Before us lay his daughter’s memorial: a childlike drinking fountain with those powerful lines etched, ‘For All Those Who Are Not Big Enough to get A Drink’. Something inside tore at, some fabric of myself; it seethed in protest for her memory – I was consumed with anger, hollowed as I gazed through those glass-colored mountains and imagined her face. Soon this same day our song of catharsis – a release exorcism that would soon grace ‘Josephine, an angel coming from heaven.‘ She truly was – so pours out Josephine,” our emotional anthem. And, to say that she spoke to all ages, she broke down that unspoken threshold of tragedy. She comforts the ones like me ,left hollowed from lost love and untimely farewell. You’d be so wrong if you pigeon hole just me being salted and stirred from an ache from a relationship with that song. Really, sugar.
AD: Stevie, given your predisposition to pouring intense emotions onto records, would we be incorrect then in stating – from initial sight to those long glances, your world’s full love stories – many yet unwritten?
SN: You ain’t *d
