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Stephanie Lynn Nicks : Lilac Bookworm

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A Small Sampling Of Literature

"There is always magic to be summoned at any point. I love to live in a world of magic, but not a fake world of magic. We all really basically have a lot of magic... It's only those of us who choose to accept it, that really understand it."

- Stevie Nicks

'Planets Of The Universe'

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The Musical

'School Of Rock' (Julian Fellowes via Glenn Sater & Andrew Lloyd Webber)

“You would think after all these years, there would be nothing left to work on. But, oddly enough, Stevie’s and my relationship is still a work in progress, and I guess that says something, doesn’t it — about the care, about possibly the parallel motives that have driven us down the roads that we’ve been on. And I have nothing but respect and love for Stevie, and I hope she feels that way about me as well.”

- Lindsey Buckingham (speaking with Dan Rather)

Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham

'Beauty And The Beast' (Gabrielle-Suzanne De Villeneuve via Jean Cocteau; recorded during a single session with grand piano & string orchestra while drinking champagne)

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Collections

'The Complete Works Of Shakespeare' - William Shakespeare

'The Complete Poetical Works' - Lord Byron

'The Complete Poetical Works And Letters Of John Keats' - John Keats

'The Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe' - Edgar Allan Poe

'Complete Works Of Oscar Wilde' - Oscar Wilde

"My mother's mom and dad were divorced very early, and her stepfather worked in a coal mine in Ajo, Arizona and died of tuberculosis. She had a hard life, was very poor, was 19 when she got married, and had me at 20. My dad went after a big job in a big company, got it, did very well, and liked to move around and travel a lot. My mom got used to it and had a lot of fun, but she's much more practical, frugal ~ she still sniffs her nose at my dad's and my expensive tastes ~ and she wanted more than anything else for her daughter and son [Christopher] to be independent and self-assured."

- Stevie Nicks, Billboard

Arizona Shag

'Street Angel' (Charles Dickens via Frank Borzage)

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10 Novels

'Jane Eyre' – Charlotte Bronte

'Wuthering Heights' – Emily Bronte

'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland' - Lewis Carroll

'Diary Of A Drug Fiend' - Aleister Crowley

'Out Of Africa' – Karen Blixen

'The Little Prince' – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

'Wide Sargasso Sea' – Jean Rhys

''Ceremony Of The Innocent' - Taylor Caldwell

'Maybe : A Story' - Lillian Hellman

'Wheel Of Fortune' – Susan Howatch

“I had a great love for Halloween, and for being a witchy character, from when I was six years old, and my mom and I argued about it every single year, that she was very tired of making witch costumes.
I was definitely a performer in another life. Maybe I was in vaudeville or a ballerina. I’m too comfortable onstage.”

- Stevie Nicks, Rolling Stone

The Nicks Family

'Wide Sargasso Sea' (Jean Rhys via Charlotte Bronte)

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Fantasy Series

'The Mabinogion Trilogy' – Evangeline Walton
'The Twilight Series' – Stephenie Meyer

“I’m a tomboy. I love men. I love hanging around with men. And Stevie is kind of a girly girl.
Stevie is very direct, very honest, very self-obsessed in a way. And I don’t mean that in a bad way. She has her brand, you know? She’s an icon. She’s a genius. She’s a lovely, kind, beautiful woman, and I love her to death.”

- Christine McVie, Rolling Stone

'Stevie Nicks' by Richard Gray

'Annabel Lee' (Edgar Allan Poe)

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Miscellaneous

'Sacred Symbols Of The Ancients - The Mystical Significance Of Our Fifty-Two Playing Cards And Their Amazing Connection With Our Individual Birthdays' - Florence Campbell & Edith L. Randall

'The Johns Hopkins Consumer Guide To Drugs' - Johns Hopkins School Of Medicine

“I am sorry to hear about the passing of Peter Green. My biggest regret is that I never got to share the stage with him. I always hoped in my heart of hearts that that would happen.
When I first listened to all the Fleetwood Mac records, I was very taken with his guitar playing. It was one of the reasons I was excited to join the band.

His legacy will live on forever in the history books of Rock n Roll. It was in the beginning, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac and I thank you, Peter Green, for that. You changed our lives.”

- Stevie Nicks

Alphonse Mucha burnout velvet superduster designed in tribute to Stevie Nicks

'Belle Fleur' (Joyce Carol Oates)

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Stevie Nicks' Bookcase Aug 14, 2020 22:18:45 GMT

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Spooky Tales

'Take Advantage Of Me' - Fritz

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'Stevie Nicks is not a witch -- or so she would have you believe.

Back on the set of American Horror Story, where she is set to reprise her role as herself on Apocalypse, the singer is once again returning to the world that has been associated with her for over 40 years -- witchcraft, Wicca, the dark arts, whatever you want to call it -- ever since the release of the Fleetwood Mac song “Rhiannon” in 1976.
During the rise of her stardom, Nicks was plagued by one sort-of rumor, sort-of frequently asked question: “Is Stevie Nicks a witch?”
The notion gained so much traction that a fair number of people came to believe that Nicks had actually practiced witchcraft. Several of Nicks’ songs, “Rhiannon” in particular, seem to indicate that she took her music and distinct fashion style a step or two further into the realm of magic. Yet, Nicks never called herself a witch or claimed to dabble in the dark arts.
After a few years of actively changing her appearance and style to thwart the label, Nicks decided to stop acknowledging the association altogether. So, decades later, when the singer appeared on American Horror Story: Coven in 2013, it was quite a surprise. Though Nicks has moved on since the rumor’s heyday -- at one point, she thought her life might be in danger because of it -- it was shocking to see her to embrace it for AHS creator Ryan Murphy.

Now, with Nicks set to return to her Coven days on Apocalypse, it’s time to re-examine one of rock and roll’s most infamous rumors.

1975

When Nicks was nearly 27, she and longtime bandmate and boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac. Nicks and Buckingham ended up contributing several songs to Fleetwood Mac, the band’s first album after their integration and its tenth album overall.
Among those songs was “Rhiannon.” Nicks had read a novel called Triad, which she’d picked up at an airport bookstore. The book referenced a medieval Welsh character named Rhiannon, which inspired Nicks to pen what’s now considered one of the Fleetwood Mac catalog’s most memorable tracks. (Later, Nicks would clarify that the original character was technically not a witch, but rather a powerful goddess.)
During concerts, Nicks would introduce “Rhiannon” by saying, “This is a song about a witch.” Details like these would make her early onstage performances the stuff of legend. Rock critics at the time often described witnessing her speaking in archaic-sounding language and seemingly going into trances at concerts. Throughout these shows, an enormous yellow moon would appear as the backdrop. When Nicks demonstrated the perfect method for shawl twirling to Misty Day on AHS, it was during this time that she put in her 10,000 hours to get the technique down.

1975-1980

Nicks’ penchant for wearing Halloween-themed clothes began when she was just a little kid. Her early obsession with the holiday is perfectly encapsulated by childhood anecdotes, such as when her mother, who worked as a seamstress, gave her a yellow Martha Washington costume that Nicks proceeded to dye black. But then, for the first time, the style and aura Nicks had adopted long ago became a little too dark.
Fleetwood Mac’s next album, Rumours, produced another slew of memorable songs, including “Go Your Own Way,” “Gold Dust Woman” and “Dreams.” It was also during this period that Nicks endured the worst of the witch rumor’s impact.
While the band was a critical and financial success, Nicks struggled. According to Nicks, she was receiving mail that referenced witchcraft and was troubling enough for her to become afraid of, among other things, being kidnapped.
Nicks told the LA Times in 2013, “In the beginning of my career, the whole idea that some wacky, creepy people were writing, ‘You're a witch, you're a witch!’ was so arresting. And there I am like, ‘No, I'm not! I just wear black because it makes me look thinner you idiots.’”

- Yahoo!

The 10 Witchiest Stevie Nicks Songs (published at Nerdist)

'Rhiannon'

'Crystal'

'Sara'

'Sorcerer'

'Bella Donna'

'Enchanted'

'Planets Of The Universe'

'Dreams'

'Sisters Of The Moon'

'Angel'

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“My solo career is much more girlie. It’s still a hard rock band — but it’s much more girlie-girl than Fleetwood Mac is. I never wanted a solo career — I always wanted to be just in a band. But I just had so many songs! Because when you’re in a band with three prolific writers, you get two or three songs per album — maybe four. But I was writing all the time, so they just went into my Gothic trunk of lost songs.
Christine would walk by me — my totally sarcastic best friend. She’d say [imitation of Christine McVie’s English accent] “Soooo. Writing another song, are we?” To this day, I write all the time. I have a poem that I’ve written about Game of Thrones, and I have a really beautiful poem that I’m writing about Anthony Bourdain.
I was a female rock star in a band with another female rock star, which was totally cool. Then I went into my own band where I had Sharon Celani and Lori Nicks — she married my brother. So I’ve always had the girls, you know? If I had been the only girl in Fleetwood Mac, it would have been very different, so I’m really glad I joined a band that happened to have another woman in it. At the beginning people said, “Does Christine want another girl in the band?” And I said, “I hope she does. When she meets me, I hope she likes me.” She did really like me — we got Mexican food and we laughed and looked at each other and went, “This is going to be great.”
But up until 1980, I had five years’ worth of songs that I knew were just never going to have any place to go. So I did the Gemini thing where you’re two different people — let’s give Stevie her solo career, without breaking up one of the world’s biggest bands. I was on a mission. Every time a Fleetwood Mac tour ended, I hit the ground running. I would already have songs ready for my next record. I’d take a week off, then I’d be in the studio. Everybody else would go on vacation.
I hope that inspires the women musicians out there. I had this hysterical talk with Haim: “OK, you need to work on your band, but at least one of you needs to start making your solo record.

At the ripe and totally young age of 70, my voice hasn’t changed. As long as I take care of myself, I am still going to be doing this when I’m 80. There’s so many things I want to do. I want to do another record. I want to make a mini-series. If the coven reforms, I want to go back to American Horror Story. I tell myself, “Do it now, because you’re spry, you’re in good shape, you can still do the splits, you can still dance onstage and wear a short skirt and high six-inch heels.”

- Stevie Nicks, Rolling Stone

'Rooms On Fire'

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The Horror

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Stevie Nicks Slideshow

'The Nightmare'

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Stevie Nicks cosplay

'Ghosts'

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Costume design and article assemblage inspired by Stevie Nicks

'Sorcerer'

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Stevie Nicks wearing one of her favourite black berets

'Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)'

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Stevie Nicks : Gemini Spellcaster (shares a birthday with jazz sorcerer Miles Davis, organic gardener Pam Grier and gothic linguist Helena Bonham Carter)

'Ghosts Are Gone'

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I have a buddy who got to kiss Stevie Nicks, nothing major mind you, just a peck on her cheek, but I'm pretty sure it was the highlight of his life. 🤩

My dad had a major crush on her. I would always crack up when I came home and found him listening to Bella Donna for the millionth time.

Was there ever a more beautiful woman in rock and roll than 1976 era Stevie Nicks? I don't think so, though Michelle Phillips could make a case.

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Aug 15, 2020 5:58:53 GMT millar70 said:

I have a buddy who got to kiss Stevie Nicks, nothing major mind you, just a peck on her cheek, but I'm pretty sure it was the highlight of his life. 🤩

My dad had a major crush on her. I would always crack up when I came home and found him listening to Bella Donna for the millionth time.

Was there ever a more beautiful woman in rock and roll than 1976 era Stevie Nicks? I don't think so, though Michelle Phillips could make a case.

I like her sense of style. Style goes a long way.

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“A few hours ago I was told that my best friend in the whole world since the first day of 1975 had passed away ... I didn’t even know she was ill … until late Saturday night. I wanted to be in London; I wanted to get to London – but we were told to wait … See you on the other side, my love. Don’t forget me ..."

- Stevie Nicks remembers Christine 'Perfect' McVie

R.I.P.

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Yeah, Stevie Nicks was yummy when she joined Fleetwood Mac. That cover for the Buckingham/Nicks album was cool. I don't want to post it because there's a (GASP) bare nipple on it. I think the only other female rock star that compared was Linda Ronstadt or Nancy Wilson

Looking on, she sings the songs. The words she knows, the tune she hums

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Dec 2, 2022 23:07:07 GMT TheGoodMan19 said:

Yeah, Stevie Nicks was yummy when she joined Fleetwood Mac. That cover for the Buckingham/Nicks album was cool. I don't want to post it because there's a (GASP) bare nipple on it. I think the only other female rock star that compared was Linda Ronstadt or Nancy Wilson

One good thing about Stevie Nicks is all the different hats she wears; diverse range of headwear, yet always in keeping with her style and identity.

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