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8:19 pm - 10/08/2012

A Conversation With Stevie Nicks @ Hamptons International Film Festival

The legendary Stevie Nicks sat down for a Q&A yesterday before the premiere of her new documentary, In Your Dreams.

Topics include:
- Co-writing with Dave Stewart 
- Lindsey, Lindsey, and more Lindsey
- How she feels about tell-all memoirs (re: Ann & Nancy Wilson)
- Why Christine McVie really left Fleetwood Mac
- An impromptu a capella medley of "Bella Donna," "Wild Heart," and "Rock a Little"
- The necessity (or lack thereof) of musical training
- Much, much more







And here's a snippet of the documentary that they showed before the Q&A. Stevie sings Dreams, now & then.


Stevie backstage


Immediately following the showing of the film, Dave & Stevie got on stage to take questions.





And bonus!pic of Stevie and Dave entering the theater, looking flawless





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WHY WAS I NOT THERE.
so_chic_doll 9th-Oct-2012 12:59 am (UTC)
I just love her so much. <3

I jammed out to Fleetwood Mac all summer.
handsdowntoo 9th-Oct-2012 01:01 am (UTC)
She's amazing.
deltabean !9th-Oct-2012 01:12 am (UTC)
Why wasn't I there??! Damn.
overprotected Re: !9th-Oct-2012 01:28 am (UTC)
mentally kicking myself
laurie_springs 9th-Oct-2012 01:18 am (UTC)
She looks like she's lost some weight.

Anyway BOW, know what I'm spending my next hour doing, etc.
overprotected 9th-Oct-2012 01:29 am (UTC)
ikr i made my mom watch it with me haha
ladywilde80 9th-Oct-2012 01:38 am (UTC)
She is my ~everything~ inspiration.
overprotected 9th-Oct-2012 01:41 am (UTC)
mte

goldenlockets 9th-Oct-2012 02:09 am (UTC)
*bows to queen*
leperheart 9th-Oct-2012 04:06 am (UTC)
I don't have time to watch this right now but you have GOT to tell me what she says aboot Christine
overprotected 9th-Oct-2012 04:32 am (UTC)
She essentially says that, Christine just really started having panic attacks about flying. That she'd been doing the band thing since she was 14. That after the Dance, they went to the Grammy's, and they didn't win, and they all really wanted to and Lindsey was mad about it, and Christine was upset about the whole situation. She said after the Dance tour was over that they could have (and would have) toured all over Europe and Australia, but that she was doing press with Christine after all of the guys had gone, and Christine just looked at her and said, "I quit." And that it was like when someone is breaking up with you and you know they're not kidding, that there's nothing you can say to change their mind. So Stevie asked if she wanted her to tell them, and Chris said no, that she would tell them herself. And that after that the band really kind of broke up for a while, because they had to really decide whether or not they could continue on without Christine. The only reason, she says, that they are able to still tour without her is because Chris was never in the spotlight, so because of that they're able to replicate the show enough to be able to still play.
stoppelhopser 9th-Oct-2012 06:33 am (UTC)
So Christine was never in the spotlight? I know what Stevie means and I kinda agree from her point of view, but dang! for me, she was in the spotlight. My favorite FM member of them all.
overprotected 9th-Oct-2012 02:12 pm (UTC)
yeah, what she said was kind of weird, honestly.

she was kind of talking about the stage visually (which makes no sense because this is [i]music[/i] we're talking about, lol) and how she was way far off to the side behind that huge hammond organ, and she always just wanted to be one of the musicians and never wanted to be center stage

which of course everyone knew. however she still did have all those hit songs.... haha.
muzicnem 9th-Oct-2012 06:51 am (UTC)
Thx for posting this; I'm at work right now and really wanted to hear about this part. Love Christine. <3
overprotected 9th-Oct-2012 02:13 pm (UTC)
glad to have been of assistance!
demriparrott 9th-Oct-2012 04:12 am (UTC)
I can't watch it right now - what did she say about Christine and about Lindsey?
overprotected 9th-Oct-2012 04:39 am (UTC)
Too much about Lindsey to really capture it all. Mostly, she just went on and on about how she couldn't collaborate with him in the way that she did with Dave, because they had too much baggage. And that with Lindsey, back in the BN days, she loved him and didn't want to have to tell him that she didn't like something he was doing, so she would just kind of let it happen even if she wasn't feeling it. She also talked about how serious he was and how coming into Soldier's Angel gave him a whole different perspective on how recording with her could be, and that it was a very beautiful situation that they were in. She said they never got over each other and that all of their fights just came down to "Why are we still not together?" and the fact that if they had never joined FM, they would have gotten married and had kids and still had their music. She also said she dated him because he was gorgeous and had a beautiful smile and a great laugh and was funny, but that eventually, like all people do, he got controlling and all powerful, and she just wanted to be in the driver's seat with him. She also sang the lines of 'You May Be The One' from her recent album and was like, "You may be the one, but you'll never be the one... guess who that's about.. You may be my love, but you'll never be my love.. wonder who that one's about." She said some other stuff that I can't think of right now, I'm sure. But that was a lot of it.

And with Chris, she mentioned of course that she & Chris were kind of each other's ally's in the music business because of their role as women in a male-dominated field. And that she was her best friend, and they both decided that they were going to be just as respected as the guys. Then regarding her leaving, she essentially says that Christine just really started having panic attacks about flying. That she'd been doing the band thing since she was 14. That after the Dance, they went to the Grammy's, and they didn't win, and they all really wanted to and Lindsey was mad about it, and Christine was upset about the whole situation. She said after the Dance tour was over that they could have (and would have) toured all over Europe and Australia, but that she was doing press with Christine after all of the guys had gone, and Christine just looked at her and said, "I quit." And that it was like when someone is breaking up with you and you know they're not kidding, that there's nothing you can say to change their mind. So Stevie asked if she wanted her to tell them, and Chris said no, that she would tell them herself. And that after that the band really kind of broke up for a while, because they had to really decide whether or not they could continue on without Christine. The only reason, she says, that they are able to still tour without her is because Chris was never in the spotlight, so because of that they're able to replicate the show enough to be able to still play.
tangerinefriday 9th-Oct-2012 09:42 am (UTC)
Here for the OP. I'm so glad ONTD has a Stevie stan :)



Go Insane from The Dance is MY FAVORITE song right now. I love what he did to it. WOW.
overprotected 9th-Oct-2012 02:13 pm (UTC)
Aw shucks :)

Go Insane is so flawless. I love that playing style, and the intensity of it all.
cruel_april 10th-Oct-2012 12:01 am (UTC)
I am so late to the party on this one, but REPRESENT and STEVIE NICKS FOR QUEEN PRESIDENT ROYAL PIXIE DUST FAIRY WITCH WOMAN OF EVERYTHING and also all the Lindsey stuff is making me swoon. SWOON, I tell you!
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