On a trip to New York City earlier this month to appear on "Saturday Night Live" for the first time since 1983, Stevie Nicks said she was scared to death.She said her first reaction when she got the call to appear on "SNL" was, "Absolutely not.
Because I was terrified to do it, 'cause it goes out live!"But she did appear on "SNL," and her performance of "The Lighthouse" brought down the house.She says the inspiration for her latest song, a rallying cry for women's rights, struck a few months after Roe v.Wade was overturned, and it took her less than a day to write the song and record it.
Smith asked, "It takes some courage to step into the waters of the abortion debate.Why take the risk?""Because everybody kept saying, 'Well, somebody has to do something.
Somebody has to say something,'" replied Nicks."And I'm like, 'Well, I have a platform.
I tell a good story.So maybe I should try to do something.' I was also there.
I was, been there, done that."In the late '70s, Nicks was on top of the world with the legendary band Fleetwood Mac.She'd broken up with her longtime partner and Fleetwood Mac bandmate Lindsey Buckingham, and she was romantically involved with Don Henley of The Eagles when she found out she was pregnant, and decided that, as a touring musician, being a mother was not in the cards. In 1979 she terminated the pregnancy.
"In my younger life, I'd already decided I didn't want to have somebody have their feelings hurt all the time, and like, 'When are you comin' back?' 'Well, I don't know.I'll be back when I get back,' you know?" Nicks said.
"And not even having any idea how big that Fleetwood Mac was going to get in the future, you know? And this is, like, super personal and weird, so you know ...you can edit this out if necessary.""I appreciate your sharing this story though," said Smith.
"Well, and it's a good story, too.I tell a good story!" Nicks said.
"I got pregnant.And it was like, Why? I have an IUD.
I am totally protect...