Stevie Nicks has thousands of shawls, keeps them in a temperature-controlled vault
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Stevie Nicks has a new interview with Rolling Stone and, Christ, where do we even begin? The Fleetwood Mac songstress touches on everything from her Game Of Thrones poetry to the time she ripped off Tom Petty to her, and we quote, “shawl vault.” We’ll let her elaborate:
I have my shawl vault—they’re all in temperature-controlled storage. I have these huge red cases Fleetwood Mac bought, all the way back in 1975—my clothes are saved in these cases. All my vintage stuff is protected for all my little goddaughters and nieces. I’m trying to give my shawls away—but there’s thousands of them. If I ever write my life story, maybe that should be the name of my book: There’s Enough Shawls to Go Around.
So, if you’re looking for some shawls…
But that’s just the tip of the kaleidoscopic iceberg that is this interview. In it, she says, at the age of 70, that she sees no end in sight for her career. “As long as I take care of myself, I am still going to be doing this when I’m 80,” she says. “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.’”
She also swoons over the myriad artists that have drawn inspiration from her work over the years, saying she sees them as her children. “He’s Mick [Fleetwood]’s and my love child,” she says of former One Directioner Harry Styles, who recently covered “The Chain.” She also calls out “Natalie Maines, LeAnn Rimes, Hillary Scott from Lady Antebellum,” saying, “I feel like I have a lot of daughters.” Though Vanessa Carlton, she says, is “like my younger, younger, younger sister.”
She also still aches for the late Prince, who played piano and guitar on her song “Stand Back.” She adds, “When I’m nervous, I’ll talk to Prince. In my solo act, when I do ‘Moonlight,’ I wear this white wolfy coat—I put this coat on and I try to transform into a Dire Wolf from Game of Thrones. And before I go on, I always say, ‘Walk with me, Prince.’”
All of this comes ahead of the latest leg of Fleetwood Mac’s ongoing Lindsey Buckingham-less tour. She’s also getting inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in March, which is great and all, but now all we’re gonna be able to do is obsess over whatever shawl she’s wearing.
Read the full interview here.
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This is about the level of crazy that I would hope for, if not need, from her
I was hoping she would have a name for each one. “Come Esmeralda, I choose you today.”
That reminds me of this great SNL bit:
I’ve talked about this skit for YEARS as one of the absolute gems of that era and never been able to find it. The whiplash fucking slays me every time
Lucy Lawless is an incredible Stevie Nicks and the little song snippets are all brilliant. [ sings to the tune of “Dreams” ]“Now, there you go again, you say you want burritos.
I sure hope that you can keep ’em down.
It’s only a flour tortilla, used to wrap around your meat now.
Have you any beans you’d like to share with the loneliness?”v
i think i’m gonna sing this every time i order a burrito now. it’s perfect.
This was such a big hit with me and my college friends, but never seemed to be counted among the classics of the era. And this parody medley format is great, and for some reason was never used again, except for Lobster in a Diner.
I remember watching it late at night with some cousins and remembering it as a pretty weak ep overall. And then Stevie Nicks’ Fajita Roundup came on and ripped my sides out of my body
That skit is…better than the last 5 years of SNL combined.
the wind blowing at her really nails it!
Not Stevie Nicks, but the awesome Kate Pierson of the B-52s has names for all her wigs.
Agreed. My reaction to the headline was pretty much “Yeah, that checks out.”
She seems kinda loopy. No surprise I guess.
I mean it works for Lando and his capes, i don’t see why not.
That’s nothing compared to Steven Seagal’s Ham Vault!
I see your Ham Vault, and raise you Derek Jeter’s Taco Hole.
Which he carries under his mumu at all times?
You mean his gut?
I think you mean “The-sentient-ponytail-that-controls-Steven-Segal’s Ham Vault.”
Eh, she comes across as way more self-aware in the interview than this article suggests: “I’m trying to give my shawls away — but there’s thousands of them. If I ever write my life story, maybe that should be the name of my book: There’s Enough Shawls to Go Around.”
EXACTLY!!! There ARE = they’re
You got her, Suze! How dare she use colloquialisms in an interview! Back to school for thee, White Witch!
Perhaps the whitest thing I’ll say this year: I’m taking my mother to see Fleetwood Mac at TD Garden for her birthday.
That’s a wicked awesome birthday present.
In my mother’s defense, she is not a native Bostonian. She moved there for a job. She only had a Patriots pennant in her office to offset her Cleveland baseball jerseys.
Before you hit the concert, make sure you grab some authentic Italian food at the Olive Garden! (double ‘garden’ (smile))
You add a cheese plate and a bottle of prosecco to that whiteness right now, buddy!
I just saw them here in Tampa. I am a 41 y/o male. Was a great show and lots of very attractive 25-40 year old females all around.
I’m barely into the second question and already trying to figure out how Nicks could possibly be as disconnected from reality as she clearly must be given she says her non-Mac stuff is “still a hard-rock band.” I mean, I likes me some FM just fine but “hard-rock” they ain’t, nor were they ever, not even when they only played the blues and she wasn’t around yet. What do you suppose she thinks “hard-rock” means?
no Johnny Depp scarf comment? shocking. shawl > scarf forever.
Give me leis, give me sweet little leis
She keeps the vault temperature right on the edge of 17° C
That’s…actually a good temperature to store clothes.
It’s just another crazy Vault-Tec experiment! What”ll they do next?!
It seems like every day the phrase “Eat the rich” seems less crazy.
I keep my thousands of shawls in a wad on the floor.
If I were old and rich, a shawl vault would be the least weird thing I would do.
I’m trying to give my shawls away—but there’s thousands of them.I’d love to have one of her vintage lace ones – I’d even be happy to trade my leather belt for it …
I think she’d take that from you….
Fun fact, some Tax Law classes teach a case involving Stevie Nicks where she tried to write off her shawls and stage costuming, claiming that she could only get one use out of each outfit due to her sweating under the stage lights. My professor referred to it as the “Stevie Nicks is a Sweaty Pig Case.”
http://articles.latimes.com/1996-11-05/business/fi-61545_1_stevie-nicks
That’s the sort of minutia I love… thank you.
sure, it sounds crazy, but this is Stevie Nicks we’re talking about. on that scale, this sounds perfectly normal.
Stop Draggin’ My Scarf Around
She’s been afraid of changin’, cause she built her life around scarves.
I feel like on some deep level we all already knew this.
The Lando Calrissian of FM rock.