Stevie Nicks Urges Musicians To ‘Write Songs About What’s Happening, Like I Did’
Stevie Nicks has urged musicians to use their platform to write songs that tackle the issues of the day in an interview on MSNBC’s talk show Morning Joe.
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Nicks’ new single, The Lighthouse, is a rallying call for women’s rights, written and recorded after Roe v. Wade was overturned. When host Mika Brzezinski asked which other musicians were writing songs that addressed social problems, Nicks said, “Well you know, if you really think about it, no matter who really wins, it’s not over. Right, I mean the government, whatever, we have to figure out a way to bring back Roe v. Wade.”
The former Fleetwood Mac singer continued: “I mean we all had to pick causes, this the cause I chose but you know what, in the 50s, 60s and going into the 70s, everybody was writing protest songs, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Stephen Stills, so I would say to all of my musical poets that write songs, write some songs about what is happening like I did. Yes, it’s scary. I mean there was a point where I was going like ‘I’m pretty terrified to put this song out’ and then I thought to myself ‘You know what? At 76, years old, ‘Really?’ So I’m putting this song out and I’m loving putting it out because I do think people are listening to it.”
Nicks also revealed that she never voted until she was aged 70 and said it was one of her few regrets. She added: “There are so many reasons, you can say ‘Well I didn’t have time’, this and that. In the long run, yeah you didn’t have an hour? You didn’t have an hour of your time that you could have gone and voted?”