"PLANETS OF THE UNIVERSE.""THESE ARE SOME OF THE MEANEST LYRICS I HAVE EVER WRITTEN.I STARTED TRYING TO RECORD THIS SONG IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES, BUT WE JUST COULD'NT SEEM TO CAPTURE IT AS A FLEETWOOD MAC SONG. SOMETHING WAS ALWAYS MISSING. MANY YEARS PASSED, AND THOUGH I DID'NT HOLD OUT MUCH HOPE, I TRIED TO RECORD THE SONG ONCE AGAIN FOR TROUBLE IN SHANGRI-LA, WHICH WAS PRODUCEED BY SHERYL CROW AND JOHN SHANKS. I WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO JOHN, WHO HELPED FIND THE MISSING PIECE THAT ADDED THE MAGIC THE SONG NEEDED. IRONICALLY, AT THE FIRST PLAYBACK FOR TROUBLE IN SHANGRI-LA, LINDSEY WENT UP TO JOHN AND SAID "WOW, I'M BLOWN AWAY. YOU ACTUALLY CAPTURED THIS SONG THAT STEVIE'S BEEN SINGING FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.""I KEEP MY CRYSTAL VISIONS TO MYSELF.""EDGE OF SEVENTEEN" THIS SONG WAS INSPIRED BY JOHN LENNON AND MY DAD'S OLDEST BROTHER, BILL, WHOSE REAL NAME WAS JOHN, IT WAS ABOUT THE SUDDEN DEATH OF THESE MEN-THAT'S WHY THE SONG IS SO INTENSE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY PIANO SONGS IF WADDY WACHTEL HADN'T COME INTO THE STUDIO AND ADDED THE AMAZING GUITAR RIFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG. DESTINY'S CHILD ACTUALLY SAMPLED THAT RIFF FOR THEIR HIT "BOOTYLICIOUS." AND I MUST SAY THAT "EDGE OF SEVENTEEN" BEING FEATUREED IN "SCHOOL OF ROCK" IS HONESTLY ONE OF MY GREATEST ROCK MOMENTS OF ALL TIME. I'M THE ONLY WOMAN ROCKER FEATURED IN THE MOVIE, AND I MUST CONFESS, I LOVE THAT. AND I LOVE JACK BLACK! THIS LIVE VERSION IS FROM A SHOW I DID RECENTLY IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AND FEATURES THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ON THIS VERSION, WEDDY DID THE POWERFUL STRING ARRANGEMENTS THAT ADDED SOMETHING EVEN MORE DRAMATIC TO THE SONG FOR ME, WADDY'S STRING ARRANGEMENT MADE THE SONG BRUTALLY RELEVANT TO ALL THE WARS FACING OUR WORLD TODAY.
"SILVER SPRINGS" THIS WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE ON RUMOURS BUT WHEN WE WERE GETTING READY TO MASTER THE ALBUM, THEY REALIZED IT WAS TOO LONG AND THERE SIMPLY WASN'T ROOM FOR IT. LINDSEY AND MICK TOOK ME OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT IN BACK OF THE STUDIO TO BREAK THE NEWS TO ME. I WAS HORRIFIED AND TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD NEVER FORGIVE THEM. I WAS ANGRY FOR YEARS ABOUT THAT, AS I HAD GIVEN THE SONG TO MY MOM AS A PRESENT SO IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENT AFTER ALL. OF COURSE LOOKING BACK IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL IT ENDED UP AS THE B-SIDE TO "GO YOUR OWN WAY" AND BECAME A SECERT CULT FAVORITE AMONG FLEETWOOD MAC FANS. BY THE TIME WE RECORDED IT FOR THE DANCE, THE WORLD WAS WAITING FOR IT, AND MY MOM HAD HER SPECIAL PRESENT-OR AS SHE AFFECTIONATELY CALLS IT, HER "RAINY DAY" SONG."MY PARENTS, JESS AND BARBARA NICKS.""I'M NOT A CHILD ANYMORE."Fleetwood Mac-
Add to My Profile | More VideosQQQQ"YOU SEE YOUR GYSPY.""DREAMS" WAS WRITTEN AT THE RECORD PLANT IN SAUSALITO WHEN WE WORKING ON RUMOURS.ONE DAY THE BAND WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING ELESE, SO I STROLLED INTO SLY STONE'S FAMOUS BLACK AND RED RECORDING STUDIO. I SAT ON HIS BIG BLACK BED, WITH THE LONG BLACK CURTAINS WITH MY BABY FENDER RHODES PIANO ON MY LAP. THE VIBE WAS WILD AND GOTHIC AND OFCOURSE I LOVED IT. I WAS THERE FOR A FEW HOURS, LISTENING TO A SPINNERS ALBUM. YEARS BEFORE THAT I WOULD LISTEN TO THE SPINNERS WHEN I WAS A CLEANING LADY IN L.A. I STARTED WRITING THIS VERY "SPINNER-ISH" SONG IN THAT WILD ROOM AND THEN WENT BACK INTO FLEETWOOD MAC STUDIO AND PLAYED IT FOR EVERYONE. THEY ALL LOVED IT, AND I BELIEVE WE RECORDED IT THE NEXT DAY."ROOMS ON FIRE""PRACTICAL MAGIC.""IF YOU EVER DID BELIEVE.""SORCERER" COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN ON OUR FIRST FLEETWOOD MAC RECORD OR EVEN THE BUCKINGHAM NICKS ALBUM, LINDSEY AND I PLAYED IT BETWEEN 1973 AND'75, BUT WE NEVER RECORDED IT. I KNEW ONE DAY THE TIME WOULD BE RIGHT.I FINALLY GOT TO RECORD IT WITH SHERYL CROW. SHE LOVED THE SONG AND I LOVED SINGING IT WITH HER. I THINK SOME OF THE BEST VOCALS SHERYL AND I EVER DID ARE AT THE END OF THIS SONG."I KNOW THAT WHWN I'M 90 YEARS OLD AND SHERYL'S 75, WE'LL STILL BE DEAR OLD FRIENDS, I KNOW I'VE MADE A FRIEND FOR LIFE.""I HOPE ALL THESE SONGS HAVE BECOME A PART OF YOUR LIVES AS WELL. THEY BELONG TO YOU."
"STOP DRAGGING MY HEART AROUND.""TRYING TO KILL ME!""NO ONE KNOWS HOW I FEEL WHAT I SAY UNLESS YOU READ BETWEEN MY LINES.""WHAT KIND OF TIME DO I HAVE TO GIVE SOMEONE? MOST GUYS JUST CAN'T HANDLE MY LIFE, THEY'LL SAY, I WANT TO BE WITH YOU, BUT YOU'RE NEVER AROUND!"
.."THIS ONE'S FOR YOU! DADDY.""LANDSLIDE,WITH THE DIXIE CHICKS.""AND IM GETTING OLDER TOO!."
.."IF ANYONE FALLS"
I WROTE THIS SONG WITH SANDY STEWART, ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGWRITERS OF ALL TIME, AS WELL AS A VERY GOOD FRIEND. WHAT A HUGE TALENT. I'VE DONE A FEW OF HER SONGS OVER THE YEARS AND HER "SEVEN WONDERS" WAS A GREAT SONG FOR FLEETWOOD MAC. "IF ANYONE FALLS" IS ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING A RELATIONSHIP AND BEING In ROCK AND ROLL. IT'S ABOUT THAT VERY REAL FEELING WHERE YOU SAY, "IF ANYONE FALLS IN LOVE, IT SHOULD BE DONE TO US.""ANGEL""I HAVE ABOUT 25 PAIRS OF BOOTS, I HAVE THEM IN ROSE, PINK AND GRAY, BLUE AND MAUVE, I HAVE THREE OR FOUR PAIRS I WARE EVERY NIGHT.""IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL I WARE MY BOOTS ALL SUMMER LONG."
SUPER BOWL (FEB-04-07)
"IT'S HARD TO BE A FAIRY PRINCESS FIFTY PERCENT OF THE TIME AND JUST BE A NICE LADY THE OTHER HALF. BUT I LIKE MY REAL SELF BETTER, I DON'T WALK AROUND THE HOUSE IN DRIPPING CHIFFON.""BUT IF YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSE, WELL THEN CALL ME. I WILL COME BY."
QQ"I THINK IF YOU ARE REALLY INTO WORDS AND POETRY AND SITUATIONS OF LIFE, THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE KISS OF SADNESS ON EVERYTHING YOU DO, IT'S JUST THE KIND OF PERSON I AM.I ALWAYS LOOK CAREFULLY BENEATH THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THINGS, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN SOMEBODY'S HEART.""DON'T STOP THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW." YESTERDAY GOING, YESTERDAY GOING, DON'T YOU LOOK BACK."