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54 Motivational Quotes By Stevie Nicks

Famous As: Singer-Songwriter Known for Her Work With the Band 'Fleetwood Mac' and as a Solo Artist
Born On: May 26, 1948
Born In: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Age: 74 Years
Stephanie Lynn Nicks, popularly known as Stevie Nicks, is an American singer and songwriter. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female stars and considered as the “Queen Of Rock and Roll”. Nicks is most famous for her association with the rock and roll musical band ‘Fleetwood Mac’ and throughout her illustrious career, she has given several smash hits that have gone on to become globally popular. Nicks went on to become one of the cultural icons of the 1970s and the following decades, through music, song writing, fashion and scintillating performances on stage. She has been included among the ‘Top 55 Songwriters of All Time’ and among ‘The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time’, which reflects her place in the history of modern western music. Her achievements both as a songwriter and singer are rightly lauded by music enthusiasts all over the world. She has not only inspired generations of fans but also paved the way for future female singers. We bring to you a collection of inspiring words, thoughts and quotes by the distinguished singer. Go through the sayings and quotations by Stevie Nicks which are sure to inspire you.
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Little girls think it's necessary to put all their business on MySpace and Facebook, and I think it's a shame...I'm all about mystery.

Little girls think it's necessary to put all their business on MySpace and Facebook, and I think it's a shame...I'm all about mystery.

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I think they all went too far. Their jeans got too low, their tops got too see-through. Personally, I think that sexy is keeping yourself mysterious. I'm really an old-fashioned girl, and I think I'm totally sexy.

I think they all went too far. Their jeans got too low, their tops got too see-through. Personally, I think that sexy is keeping yourself mysterious. I'm really an old-fashioned girl, and I think I'm totally sexy.

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You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility.

You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility.

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Love is only one fine star away.

Love is only one fine star away.

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If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?

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Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was.

Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was.

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Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings.

Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings.

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It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people.

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My other family is Fleetwood Mac. I don't need the money, but there's an emotional need for me to go on the road again. There's a love there; we're a band of brothers.

My other family is Fleetwood Mac. I don't need the money, but there's an emotional need for me to go on the road again. There's a love there; we're a band of brothers.

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My generation fought very hard for feminism, and we fought very hard to not be labeled as you had to have a husband or you had to be in a relationship, or you were somehow not a cool chick.

My generation fought very hard for feminism, and we fought very hard to not be labeled as you had to have a husband or you had to be in a relationship, or you were somehow not a cool chick.

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If you see somebody running down the street naked every single day, you stop looking up.

If you see somebody running down the street naked every single day, you stop looking up.

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Right now I'm not involved with anybody, but I hope by 75 I will be again.

Right now I'm not involved with anybody, but I hope by 75 I will be again.

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If you want to find somebody and you want to be married and you want to have children, don't make it a rock star.

If you want to find somebody and you want to be married and you want to have children, don't make it a rock star.

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When you're in a band with three writers, three great writers, you only get one third of the writer thing. So that's the whole reason that I did a solo career. And that's, you know, when I told Fleetwood Mac I was going to do that, they were of course terrified that I would do that record and then that I would quit.

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I was not going to be a stupid girl singer. I was going to be way more than that.

I was not going to be a stupid girl singer. I was going to be way more than that.

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I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.

I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a good terrified person.

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Men are going to go out on the road and they're going to find other women. So if you really want to save yourself a whole lot of heartache, do not fall in love with somebody in a band. Just don't.

Men are going to go out on the road and they're going to find other women. So if you really want to save yourself a whole lot of heartache, do not fall in love with somebody in a band. Just don't.

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By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

By the time I was five, I was a little diva.

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Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

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For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us.

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Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was.

Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was.

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I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.

I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I'll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.

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He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor.

He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor.

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I have my own life. And I am stronger than you know.

I have my own life. And I am stronger than you know.

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I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer.

I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer.

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I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.

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Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over.

Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over.

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I said,'Instead of going in the direction that a lot of the women singers are going in [revealing], I'll be very, very sexy under 18 pounds of chiffon and lace and velvet...I will have mystique.

I said,'Instead of going in the direction that a lot of the women singers are going in [revealing], I'll be very, very sexy under 18 pounds of chiffon and lace and velvet...I will have mystique.

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We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love.

We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love.

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I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.

I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.

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I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.

I didn't want to look like anyone else - like Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. That's why I never went to any of the big designers.

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But for me, I knew that if I had a baby, I would have to take care of that baby, and I wouldn't have been happy with a nanny taking care of my baby and walking into the room and having my child run across the room to another woman.

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Drownin', in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown.

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Drownin', in the sea of love Where everyone would love to drown. Stevie Nicks "Sara

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If you're an unattractive girl who's trying to be beautiful with Botox, forget it. If you are a beautiful girl who's trying to be beautiful with Botox, you will look like you're angry all the time.

If you're an unattractive girl who's trying to be beautiful with Botox, forget it. If you are a beautiful girl who's trying to be beautiful with Botox, you will look like you're angry all the time.

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I have no fear, I have only love

I have no fear, I have only love

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Don't Listen To Her, Listen Through Her.

Don't Listen To Her, Listen Through Her." Stevie Nicks

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It's really hard when you break up with somebody, or somebody breaks up with you, and you're in this band; guess who you have to see in the next day in the hotel in the breakfast room? That person.

It's really hard when you break up with somebody, or somebody breaks up with you, and you're in this band; guess who you have to see in the next day in the hotel in the breakfast room? That person.

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There is a part of me that has to depend on fantasy, because if you can't be somewhat of a fantasy person, then you can't write

There is a part of me that has to depend on fantasy, because if you can't be somewhat of a fantasy person, then you can't write

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Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.

Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.

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Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too

Well, I've been afraid of changing 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too

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And the moon never beams
Without bringing me dreams
And the sun never shines
But I see the bright eyes
I lie down by the side
Of my darling
My life, my life..

And the moon never beams Without bringing me dreams And the sun never shines But I see the bright eyes I lie down by the side Of my darling My life, my life..

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There are days when I swear I could fly like an eagle
And dark desperate hours that nobody sees
My arms stretched triumphant on top of the mountain
My head in my hands down on my knees

There are days when I swear I could fly like an eagle And dark desperate hours that nobody sees My arms stretched triumphant on top of the mountain My head in my hands down on my knees

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Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

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And she laughed and she cried and she 
tried to taunt him

And she laughed and she cried and she tried to taunt him

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I'm doing lots of interviews and stuff. I'm longing for the days of getting up, not having to put on makeup and do my hair and just going to the studio.

I'm doing lots of interviews and stuff. I'm longing for the days of getting up, not having to put on makeup and do my hair and just going to the studio.

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I want to be age appropriate. I don't want to be that girl you see walking away and she looks 25 and then she turns around and she looks 90.

I want to be age appropriate. I don't want to be that girl you see walking away and she looks 25 and then she turns around and she looks 90.

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The day before my 16th birthday I got my guitar.

The day before my 16th birthday I got my guitar.

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I've been afraid of changing 
cause I built my life around you

I've been afraid of changing cause I built my life around you

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I don't really like to be filmed.

I don't really like to be filmed.

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Don't listen to her listen through her.

Don't listen to her listen through her.

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Prince and I were just friends. I think he would have been happy to have had a relationship.

Prince and I were just friends. I think he would have been happy to have had a relationship.

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I had Botox and I hated it. For four long months, I looked like a different person.

I had Botox and I hated it. For four long months, I looked like a different person.

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I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing.

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When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.

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