Stevie Nicks

I met Lindsey in high school in San Francisco. We had gone to some party and he was sitting in the middle of this gorgeous living room playing a song. I walked over and stood next to him, and the song was "California Dreaming," and I just started singing with him. And so I just threw in my Michelle Phillips harmony, and he was so beautiful. And then I didn't really see him again until two years later, when he called me and asked me if I wanted to be in his rock 'n' roll band, which I didn't even know existed. And within two or three months we were opening for Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, all the San Francisco bands. Two years later, we packed up and moved to Los Angeles with about 12 demos.

"Blonde on Blonde", SPIN, Vol. 13, No. 7 (October 1997), p. 92, 1997

I'll begin not to love youTurn around, see me runnin'I'll say I loved you years agoTell myself you never loved me, noAnd did you say she was pretty?And did you say that she loves you?Baby, I don't wanna know.

Silver Springs, 1997

It's just about a lady who's a goddess of steeds and a maker of birds.

(on "Rhiannon") The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion, and Rock 'n' Roll (1996: Harvard University Press), , p. 281., 1996

When I thought I was dying in rehab in 1994, 'I Won't back Down' was my mantra. It lifted my up out of the pain and made me fight through it. 'The Waiting'... summed up my life. We can't stand waiting, we rock 'n' roll men and women. Tom Petty's songs are like a great book that you revisit when you need help. His songs make me better.

"Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers", Billboard, Vol. 118, No. 12 (25 March 2006), p. 38, 1994

I phoned Prince out of the blue, hummed a melody, and he listened," … "I hung up, and he came over within the hour. He listened again, and I said, 'Do you hate it?' He said, 'No,' and walked over to the synthesizers that were set up, was absolutely brilliant for about twenty five minutes, and then left. He was so uncanny, so wild, he spoiled me for every band I've ever had because nobody can exactly re-create—not even with two piano players-what Prince did all by his little self.

(on "Stand Back") Musician, issue 123-128 (1989), p. 84., 1989

A wound gets worse when it's treated with neglect.

Talk to Me, 1985

No one knows how I feel,What I say unless you read between my lines,One man walked away from meFirst he took my hand, take me home.

Stand Back, 1983

I can be. I do not normally try to be. In fact, there have been some reviews—which I’ve loved—that said I didn't try to sell my show on sex, that I sang my show. On the other hand, I know I'm cute. I can dance. I don't have a bad figure. I know exactly what I am. I'm certainly no great beauty. I know exactly how far I can go.

(when asked "Do you think you're sexy?") "20 Questions", Playboy, Vol. 29, No. 7 (July 1982), 1982

The clouds, never expect it,When it rainsBut the sea changes color,But the sea does not change, And so with the slow gracefulFlow of age, I went forth with an,Age old desire to please,On the edge of seventeen.

Edge of Seventeen, 1981

Is love so fragile,And the heart so hollow,Shatter with words,Impossible to follow,You're saying I'm fragile, I try not to be,I search only, for something I can't see.

Leather And Lace, 1981

I don't want to know the reasons why,Love keeps right on walking down the line.

I Don't Want to Know, 1977

Well, did she make you cry,Make you break down,Shatter your illusions of love?

Gold Dust Woman, 1977

Thunder only happens when it's raining,Players only love you when they're playing,Say, women, they will come and they will go,When the rain washes you clean you'll know.

Dreams, 1977

Dreams unwindLove's a state of mind

Rhiannon, 1976

She rings like a bell through the nightAnd wouldn't you love to love her?

Rhiannon, 1976