Stevie Nicks covers this week’s issue of Rolling Stone magazine for the first time (solo) since 1981. This is a very rock ‘n’ roll cover, you know? Because this image is so uneventful, it’s almost rebellious. It’s also nice to see a female on the cover who hasn’t been lensed by Uncle Terry’s gross aesthetic. See, there is hope. Rock goddess Stevie, twirl for us. I’ve made no secret of being a major fan of Stevie. She’s promoting her solo album, 24 Karat Gold, and her current tour with Fleetwood Mac. Stevie gives some interesting quotes here about drugs, drugs, and drugs dating:
Her life-threatening coke habit: “All of us were drug addicts. But there was a point where I was the worst drug addict … I was a girl, I was fragile, and I was doing a lot of coke. And I had that hole in my nose. So it was dangerous.”
Tom Petty on the drugs: “I did all I could to talk her into getting some help and getting right. I was very worried about her. To the point that if the phone did ring and they said, ‘Stevie died,’ I wouldn’t have been surprised.”
Stevie’s remaining vice: “When I’m writing, I will allow myself to smoke a little bit of pot. It’s my one little thing that I can do. I use it as a tool, and I’m very careful, you know? And I get results. However, if I thought it was going to lead me back to something worse, I’d stop.”
The moment she joined Fleetwood: “I said, ‘That’s it, I’m never looking at another price tag.’ And I meant it.”
She dated a young waiter in the 1990s: “One day, he came home and said, ‘I got two tickets for Bill Maher, will you go with me?’ and I’m like, ‘Are you insane? No. I’m not going. I’m famous! I’m Stevie Nicks! Everybody’s gonna spend the whole time taking pictures of us. And I can’t keep on making excuses about why you can’t go anywhere I can go. Like, can I take you to the Grammys? No. Can I go to the market with you? No. Can we go to a movie together in downtown Santa Monica? No. All we can do is stay in.'”
She won’t date older men: “What if I fall in love with somebody and they die?” And she doesn’t hold out much hope for guys her age. “They wanna go out with somebody that’s 25. That has been going on since the Bible, and I haven’t even read the Bible, but I know that. So what am I gonna do, compete with that? I’m not a competitor. So I don’t even wanna be in that situation.” So, in short, “I’ve narrowed it down to nobody,” she says, and laughs hard.
[From Rolling Stone]
Did you catch that cameo from Tom Petty? He’s never been a player in gossip circles, but he clearly cares about Stevie a lot. Why didn’t they ever get together? They had so much chemistry back in the day.
Stevie also talks about about her ongoing love-hate relationship with Lindsey Buckingham. The weird (or not so-weird) thing about Fleetwood Mac is that they all slept with each other. All of them. They still manage to get along for the sake of their continued success. I do agree with Stevie when she talks about age perceptions and dating. Dudes often want to find younger women, probably to chase their own youth. She’s correct, the trend has been ongoing since biblical times and shows no sign of slowing.
Just for kicks, here’s Stevie’s 1981 Rolling Stone cover.
Photos courtesy of Rolling Stone, Peggy Sirota & WENN
Those bloody white cockatoos from the 1981 cover are destroying my front deck.
And on another note, Stevie, just date a 25 yr old yourself. You’re a hottie!
I know! At first I read the headline as “I want somebody that’s 25” and I thought “you go, girl!”
God, is she ever right.
Love me some Stevie Nicks.
All Hail the Supreme, Stevie Nicks. That is all.
+1000
I’m also waiting for them to woo Diana Ross for an appearance. 🙂
Hey…you stole my comment! That’s what I was going type. Well, sort of. I was going to say All Hail The Queen. Love her! 😉
Hahaha! This.
I don’t know. Do old guys really want to be with a 25 year old? They may want to sleep with them, but I’m sure intelligent older men prefer a mature lady they have stuff in common with over a 20-something woman, for a relationship.
I’m 58, and I know lots of men in their 50s and 60s and 70s. I have to say, if they find themselves single, they seem to remarry women fairly close to their own age. I don’t know anyone who has married or dated someone young enough to be their daughter. Of course, I don’t live in Hollywood. But from where I sit, what she says is simply not true.
But in the circles she lives in, it probably is true. Look how many celebs have girlfriends or wives decades younger than them.
In the real world, older men may fancy much younger women – just as older women fancy much younger men – but realistically they know they’d never have a chance with them. In any case, they probably understand that while young people – men and women – are generally more physically attractive, there’s a lot more to a relationship than perky boobs or perfect abs.
Yeah, she’s totally into a different demographic. The regular guys want to go out and don’t seem to understand the weight of being famous. It sounds as though she wants someone her age who has had a similar cultural experience, but THOSE people want significantly younger trophy pieces. At least that’s how I took it.
True, Ethelreda. I hardly travel in her circle. I’m just saying that maybe she needs to get out in the real world. That might be impossible for her, though.
But the celeb world IS the real world for her. It’s the only world she’s known for most of her adult life. What we consider a normal life would probably seem as bizarre to her as her life would seem to us.
And the problem for Stevie seems to be that the men with whom she’d have most in common would mostly prefer a much younger woman, even instead of a sexy, talented, fascinating woman like her.
Exactly, she lives in Hollyweird. And she had a thing going with a waiter but seems to have let it go. I mean, if she dated a famous guy, they would’ve taken even more pictures, right? She needs to just go somewhere and meet regular dudes. She could just lie about who she is. She could make it happen if she really truly wanted to.
Maybe she does get out into the real world, but finds that normal men don’t want to date celebrities. I’ve often wondered why J-Lo has to settle for Casper, but then I also consider the possibility that maybe a regular, sane man wouldn’t want to deal with J-Lo’s lifestyle. If Ben Affleck didn’t want it (and he’s always seemed kind of shallow), I can’t imagine a regular guy having any more interest in it.
I know a lot of wealthier men in larger cities who want women in their 20’s and 30’s while they are in their 40’s and 50’s or they at the very least want someone super attractive and extremely fit and/or thin. Now that i am in my early 30’s(33) and slightly overweight living in a big city, I barely get any attention from men that I once did in my 20’s in smaller areas. And I am just slightly curvy, I eat healthy etc, I am by no means obese either, to make that clear.
Eh, that’s not true. The guys my age (I’m 50+) have a cut off age for women: 28 years. And those guys aren’t famous, or wealthy or anything. They’re office workers, accountants etc. They don’t like women their age because those women as “so old”. I’m actually really quite lucky I’m not looking for a relationship otherwise I’d be massively frustrated by the unfairness of it all.
Like I said above, what you want and what you get are often two different things.
An accountant or office worker in his 50s might WANT a much younger woman, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to get one. These men are seriously deluded if they think hot 28 year old women are queuing up to be with ageing accountants who probably have ex-wives and children in addition to their middle aged spread.
I guess I live in a weird area or hang out with strange people. Lol. That probably wouldn’t surprise anyone that much. But people that I know seem to stay within 10 years of their age group.
What Ethelreda said – SOME guys may want someone significantly younger than them, but it doesn’t mean they are going to get them.
Oops – this was intended to reply to GNAT’s comment. I’m 44 living in a larger city and still get plenty of male attention so all hope is not lost for us middle-aged gals (I am married so a lot of the attention is unwanted, but it is always nice to be noticed!) Agree though that the circles in which she travels probably have different relationship patterns.
I agree with Ethelreda. I am 29 and most women my age (or 35 or 40 for that matter) would not give an average 50+ accountant with that type of attitude the the time of day, and would laugh at the notion that we were too old for him. My aunt use to be friend’s with a matchmaker to successful men with money who always wanted younger mates–and even she struggled to match some of her clients. She had one guy who was in his mid-60’s who only agree to date women 35 and under. Because of his wealth, she was able to get a few gold digger types to go on a initial dates with him. But he was so boring, arrogant, grumpy and all-around unpleasant that he was practically undateable. The matchmaker always kept suggesting a woman in her 50’s for him, but he just wasn’t having it. He is alone and will continue to be so.
I have no doubt there are tons of middle-aged and older men out there that would love it if a smoking hot 21-year-old gave them the time of day, but the reality is it doesn’t happen unless you are extremely wealthy (and have good looks too) or the guy is lucky to catch a young woman who only prefers older men. I see these types of men prowling on dating sites all the time. They have been there for years. Occasionally someone will score a date with a younger woman, but these guys aren’t finding anyone. They are lonely, but unwilling to admit it.
+1 GNAT. I’m fairly young, but my dad is divorced and that age and my mom, too. My mom had no trouble finding a lawyer who wanted to marry her in her 40s and my dad is a doctor and still dates women roughly his age, despite having I assume gold digger options. Everyone’s parents that I know have divorced stay in their own age range.
I would love to think different but Jimmie Page 71, gf 26, James Woods, Bryan Ferry, Jeff Goldblum granted some aren’t 25 but much much younger. Also I have friends who are close to 50 newly single and most of the ones near their age want younger maybe not 25 but not 40 either maybe it’s a big city thing.. I don’t know
AG-UK
*BOOM* you just won the internet!
It’s also, maybe not just a big city thing, but a “what are my options?” type of thing, too. These hollywood men get out of (or try to get out of) “demanding” relationships… like Vanessa Paradis was SOOO ‘demanding’, and Jennifer Garner is soul suckingly ‘demanding’, and ZZOMG you guys, Chris Rock was in JAIL!! So… now that they are out, ‘what are my options?’ is the first thing that comes into mind.
Hollywood is the extreme microcosm of the entirety of male thought patterns… the more money they have, the more of a name they have, the more the options. It’s rarely about ‘love/compatibility’ its about options is what I’m saying… All over the world, not just Hollywood.
”Hollywood is the extreme microcosm of the entirety of male thought patterns… the more money they have, the more of a name they have, the more the options. It’s rarely about ‘love/compatibility’ its about options is what I’m saying… All over the world, not just Hollywood. ”
Interestingly, famous women are much more likely to have much younger lovers than is the norm in the ‘real world’. Think Susan Sarandon, Madonna, Kim Cattrall, Jone Collins, Sharon Stone, JLo and several others. It’s almost the norm in Hollywood for 50+ women to have much younger male partners. The age differences may not be as extreme as with Hollywood men, but still, it’s definitely happening and is becoming more and more common.
To quote the movie, “Something’s Gotta Give”:
“…men, especially older men, are threatened and afraid of productive and interesting women. It is just so clear. Single older women as a demographic are as f***ed a group as can exist.”
I dunno. I am in my early 50s (although can pass for early 30s due to a genetic thing) and I have recently been chased by guys in their *early* 20s! I was like, WTF? But, as opposed to Stevie, I might just take up a younger guy just for a fling because it sounds like fun. Sort of “Green Eyes Gets Her Groove Back”!
Being a huge Led Zeppelin fan ( like, ENORMOUS) I was just thinking about 71 year old Jimmy Page and his 25 year old girlfriend. But then, if he weren’t Jimmy Page, she would not ever (in all probability) give him the time of day.
Maybe she’s met Jack Nicholson.
lets also not forget that lots of women love older men. its always presented like those men force the young women into relationships. i know so many women who want older men and find young men immature, in the Lawrence/Martin thread yesterday there were a lot of women saying that, too. so why only blame it on the men?
You’ve got legitimate points Marla. I hear what you’re saying. And I agree, that if it is indeed the woman’s choice to be with a certain man, go ahead. Go with power!!
However, in the case of people who are Stevie Nicks’ age, it’s a different story. 65-75 years olds, are probably on a whole other tangent too people who are 25-35.
And…well I haven’t come across anyone my age group who has pursued older men with that large of an age-gap, maybe because I’m assuming that a lot of young women understand that they may not be able to do things with a 62 year old man that they could do with someone their age group or in their 40s.
Yet for the most part, it’s those (65-75yr) men who actively pursue the younger ladies.
I’m going to be 30 this year and the only older guy I’d be into is Norman Reedus (after a long bath). 😀
I think that’s a myth. Very few women want old/er men. When they do, the much older men are always wealthy or well connected. Younger women generally don’t sexually desire older men and why would they?
@Ann I agree. I think the idea that women fancy much older men is a bit of a male fantasy, encouraged by Hollywood with all these ridiculous May-December pairings. Women – especially young women – generally like men their age or slightly older, but certainly not more than a decade older.
Statistically, most marriages in the US and UK have age differences of only a few years. If men really prefer younger women and vice versa, why isn’t that reflected in people’s marriage choices? And as you say, on the rare occasions women go out with much older men, the man is usually rich and/or famous. An average man in his 50s is most unlikely to be of interest to a much younger woman.
Agree, Ann. Funny how the younger women never seem attracted to POOR older men. Lol
I know plenty of women who like older men. Not WAY older men, like Hollywood veers into, but older. Maturity and life experience are really nice qualities. I’m not quite 30 and once I got out of my teen years I’ve found guys in their 30s and 40s attractive and more likely to be interesting to talk to than younger guys. There’s a stability there with a guy who’s already established himself in life that is very appealing.
Now of course this isn’t a rule nor does age guarantee maturity, but this has been my experience. Of course the trophy wife and old man chasing young, hot women stereotypes exist for a reason.
@Wren
”Of course the trophy wife and old man chasing young, hot women stereotypes exist for a reason. ”
These stereotypes may exist, but they represent only a tiny minority of relationships. The most common age difference between husband and wife in the UK is all of one year. Marriages with more than a 15 year age gap are extremely rare. I don’t deny that some women prefer older men, but they are not the majority. If they were, it would surely be reflected in the statistics.
i wasnt talking about the extreme cases like 20 year old dating 70 year old. but in most couples i know and see the man is older, from five to fiveteen years.
simply what i was saying is: if some women wouldnt like those relationships they wouldnt exist.
i dont see a difference between reducing a woman to her looks or reducing a man to his money/status (but call it “ambition” to not be seen as a gold digger)
”i wasnt talking about the extreme cases like 20 year old dating 70 year old. but in most couples i know and see the man is older, from five to fiveteen years.”
In which case your experience is not typical. Statistically, marriages where the male partner is 15 years older are VERY rare – about 1% of the total if I recall correctly. Yes, it’s more common for the man to be older than vice versa but even so, as I’ve said, most married couples are within 5 years of one another, often less. Not only that, but a recent study showed that the larger the age difference, the more likely a couple is to divorce.
My first husband was 17 years older than me. My current husband is 6 years older than me.
In the US, marriages where the woman is 10+ yrs younger happen 7% of the time and that includes women who are 60 marrying a 70 yr old. Young women don’t need older men for money anymore, so they mostly marry within a few years of their own age.
I’m no rock star and I’m much younger(late 30s) but I believe she’s right. I think because of the kind of men that are single past a certain age (barring widowers of course) are immature and vain in general. They want arm candy even if they themselves aren’t that great looking and a lot of them would rather have someone who doesn’t have the life experience to call them on their BS.
I have a few friends that are drop dead gorgeous in their 50s and 60s and they’ve outright been told by men they’d rather go for someone much younger. I’ve also experienced that men way too old for me or my friends (dads age and up) come on to me just as much if not more than men within the 10 year range.
*BOOOM*
smh…. They really do, they really, really do. *imitating Katt William’s voice*
They’re in the clubs/expensive bars offering drinks and hitting on a tipsy ‘young one’ right now.
They really are… they really, really are.
”I have a few friends that are drop dead gorgeous in their 50s and 60s and they’ve outright been told by men they’d rather go for someone much younger.”
They might rather someone much younger, but realistically, are they going to find her?
Most young women have no interest in dating men decades their senior, despite what some men want to believe. The problem is, so many men – even those who have little to offer a woman – seem to think they ‘deserve’ a much younger lady on their arm, and then get resentful when these women are not interested.
I remember being a youngster and having these old repugnant farts hitting on me, and how disgusted I was. Never quite understood how delusional old men are when they keep harassing young women. It’s such a grotesque nuisance.
You’re totally right. I’m 62, fit, attractive, look like I’m in my late 40s/early 50s and haven’t had a date in 2 years. Why?? Because men my age want someone in their 30s or 40s. I’ve browsed a few dating sites and in nearly ALL of the profiles of men I would find interesting, and are in my age bracket, they all want a woman 20 years younger. Now do I really miss the dating world? Not so much….
@Ann
Men are delusional because they’ve been told all their lives that they ‘age like a fine wine’ and that women just love ‘mature’ men, despite all evidence to the contrary. Then we have Hollywood encouragaing them in their delusions by pairing old men with hot young women.
Last year i read an article about men, mostly in their 5Os, spending their life’s savings on junckets to Ukraine with ‘dating agencies’. These men were bitter about how they couldn’t find a woman because Western women are so picky and demanding. In reality, they probably could find a woman if they were prepared to be with someone their age and level of attractiveness. But no, even though they’re hardly film stars themselves, they seem to think they have the right to a hot, submissive woman decades their junior.
Of course, when they go on these trips they find it’s all a scam and that these Ukrainian women – many of whom are married – are simply being paid to string them along. I don’t feel sorry for these men though. If they turn their noses up at decent women just because they’re not 25 anymore, they deserve to be fleeced.
Very true. I’ve had that happen to me too, and it’s hilarious to call them on it. I may be young but I know when they’re trying to impress me with their “maturity”. It’s gross. I like older guys it’s true, but not the skeevy ones who are like, “hey there, you’ve probably never had a real man so I’m gonna try to convince you that I’m one”. And of course they never are.
I think this is why the “virgin” fantasy exists. If you suck in bed, a virgin isn’t going to know the difference and you can still impress her with how cool and “experienced” you are. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for actively desiring a partner who hasn’t a clue what they’re doing. Or actively seeking out a companion that you really can’t talk to, in the above case.
Heck, I have a few male friends in their late 30’s(36 and 37) who won’t date anyone with kids or over the age of 28.
This discussion brings to mind a set I saw Joan Rivers do on the topic of men always wanting younger women. Joan’s advice was to pack your evening bag, purse, whatever, with tampons and let one strategically fall out of your bag in full view. Her point was that men, by their very makeup, were drawn to fertile women. I think there’s some truth in that – virility is such an issue with most men.
I’ve always preferred slightly older men (3-4 years older than I) because they seem to be a touch more mature or at least at my level of maturity. LOL I dated a 36 year old divorcee when I was 25 and my friends gave me HELL about it how he was so old etc etc, but let me tell you the bedroom time was AMAZING. Unfortunately, he had other issues I could not deal with, but overall, I wouldn’t be opposed to dating someone in their 40’s (I am 33).
I’m 47 and I’m not attracted to men in their 20s at all. To me they are green fruit. But I don’t want crusty either, I don’t want reading glasses and droopy skin 65 plus. I guess I’m still shallow and am generally attracted to a full head if hair 30-my age something. I realize I’m too old for a mid 30s man, and a 40 plus guy is in mid life’s crisis…
Im with Stevie. I’ve narrowed it down to nobody!
I’m 26 now. When I was just 23, a 39 year old guy ‘caught me in his web’. I was clearly not mature enough to see the obvious and gross problem with that age difference, but I do see it now. I want to kick 23-year old me for giving that old sucker his pleasure. I will not date anyone older than 29 now. I remember the guy telling me stuff like “I don’t want a woman over 30, by the time we’re ready to have babies, she’ll be almost infertile”. What an ass. Argh! Disgusting.
But really. My current boyfriends’ mother is 60 and started dating a guy her own age a couple of years ago. They’re both in cities and successful professionally. So it IS possible.
I think she means the `pretty`òld`men she would deem worthy of her.
I love me some Stevie but girl does seem self-absorbed and vain in her interviews.
I wish Stevie would perform more! The last time I remember seeing her on TV was when she sang with Taylor Swift and with that girl’s pathetic, off-pitch squawks we couldn’t even hear Stevie. Bring talent back 2015!
Agreed!
The NFL should have asked Fleetwood Mac to perform at the Super Bowl.
She performed a couple of songs as a character in American Horror Story: Coven.
Omg, Taylor was horrific in that performance. I remember wondering what was going through Stevie’s mind as Taylor butchered that song.
You wish Stevie would perform more? Fleetwood Mac is f’cking ON TOUR RIGHT NOW and playing tonight in Grand Rapids, MI.
I saw Fleetwood Mac last year. It was a lifelong dream as I grew up listening to Rumours. My mom played that album over and over for years. Finally being able to see my true Queen of rock almost brought me to tears. Her voice has changed a bit with age, but she is still amazing and knows how to capture an audience. I danced for two hours. Truly powerful and magical, a night I will never forget. And I’m still a Stevie/Lindsay shipper. In my dreams they end up living happily ever after. I’m an idiot, I know lol.
They were something back in the day, honey. Beautiful as it gets.
“I’ve narrowed it done to nobody”
Indeed. If you don’t have the social capital to get what you “really” want no relationship is better than settling. Anyway, your life shouldn’t be defined by a relationship or the lack thereof.
“…I’ve narrowed it down to nobody.” is the defeatist attitude that perfectionists adopt in order to not try something that might fail.
Most of her apprehensions about relationships appear to be hypothetical rather than something she’s experienced first hand.
It’s not the 90s anymore. Stevie is free to do whatever she wants, wherever she wants, whenever she wants and with whom she wants.
How old are you Tippy? I’m in her age bracket and agree with her. And I don’t have apprehensions, I would date a man my age happily but they want younger women. Period. I’ve experienced it first hand as I’m sure she has. It is not hypothetical – I too am free to do whatever I want and actually do it, however there are no eligible men who want to come along for the ride.
She’s in has plenty of relationships under her belt, so it’s not like she’s a novice who’s only talking about dating in hypothetical terms. She doesn’t sound that unhappy with her choices, either. I’m going to take her word for it that she’s doing what she wants given her available options.
If I could have half the gorgeous dudes she`s had to reminisce about in my rocking chair days ahead, I would be one chirpy old bag!!!! Guess that`s why she can laugh about it all still!
She is so right on about men. I am only 41, have been told I look 28-30, and cannot get a date to save my life with anyone my age or older. Dating younger men is not really my style, but they are really my only options at this point! But most of the time all I want to say to them is, “Just sit there and look good. Do not worry your pretty little head about serious stuff like speaking.”
As an aside, I am glad that RS did not clutter up her cover photo with props and story teases. Beautiful photo, powerfully simple layout. A++++
Nice humble brag.
Lol
If a 40+ lady actually really looked too be in her 20s then men in their 40s would date them haha.
Smirk.
@Isabelle, not necessarily. Weeks ago when that post with Anthony Kiedis and his super young girlfriend was up, a poster who was only 30 told an anecdote about looking significantly younger, but once men found out that she was 30 and not the early to mid 20’s babe they thought she was, they lost interest. I am in my late 20’s but get perceived as younger all the time and get the same reaction when my age is revealed.
I think men are so wrapped up in the idea of age and having a younger mate to validate their virility, even an attractive woman who looks just as beautiful and just as youthful as women in a younger age bracket would get passed over. I worked at bank where one of the top executives had a beautiful wife (inside and out) and in her early 40’s, but was cheating on her with a 24-year-old who was quite plain, imo.
@Beth
Your comment makes me sad for my future.
@Beth: because guys like him are fixated on a number rather than the person.
I am 51 and look like I am in my early thirties.I am trying to get out there but I can’t find anyone my own age at all.Where I live we don’t have a lot of options.I either get dirty old men hitting on me or really young guys asking me out.I don’t dress like some young woman in sexy clothes and act younger then I am.It’s frustrating.I guess it is the new thing for younger men wanting older women.At least that is what I have been told.I actually told this younger man my real age to scare him off and he said he didn’t mind.There has to be middle aged men out there that want a woman the same age.But here they want the young girls.
“Just sit there and look good. Do not worry your pretty little head about serious stuff like speaking.”
Wow. if a man said that publicly about a woman he would be torn apart and rightly so.
you not getting any dates is based on your disrepect for men.
Hmm. I read that as it´s difficult to share the same interests and views on life with someone much younger….
Same here.
Me too.
so you guys wouldnt be offended if an older man said that to you?
its extremely offensive to reduce a person to just their looks and tell them condescendely to “just look good and dont speak”. thats the defintion of objectification.
Poppy I feel you. Guys our age are either: 1) freaking out and wanting to talk marriage on the third date or 2) wanting someone (quoting directly from the date himself) “I can take to the symphony or a business gambling trip to Vegas. Tell me, you don’t have kids, right? I just broke up with a woman who had a child, and that really didn’t leave enough time for me.”
Cougar it out.
You two do of course realize that women and men of all ages have encountered awful people in the dating scene, right? You do also realize that there are a lot of people who will date older and say that they do it because older men are more mature and less d-baggy? There are good and horrible people of all ages and genders.
I have had a really bad run of men in their late 30’s, 40’s and early 50’s. Don’t think I am not out there. And the examples I gave are extremes. Would you prefer the 38 year old attorney who drank 8 beers in an hour and a half? The 48 yr old who I found out from my hairdresser was dating another client? I could go on. I don’t not date men in that range, but my bs radar is up more.
Just don’t hate on the people who go younger. It is a different experience (I won’t date below a 7 yr gap personally) but I get it. Especially when you have a career equal or greater in earning potential. I travel with my job, and I find that men who are slightly younger just have more flexibility. And they are less set in their ways and more spontaneous. At one point, I would have gone for an older guy-and did. But he wanted a wife who was willing to put career on back burner. No thanks.
Sigh. There’s more to life, people. When I was married one of the things I liked about it was that the constant obsessing over finding a relationship was over, and I could interact with people, particularly people I found attractive, without projecting about where it could lead. Even though I’m single these days I try to maintain that frame of mind.
Exactly. I also look around 10 years younger and when they find out my real age they lose interest. But I wouldn’t date a 20 year old, no matter how cute or nice he is, and there are tons in the university I go to.
Poppy: ditto to age, experience with guys and then some.
Love the interview. I like that she’s honest about her drug use, she even admits that she had a hole in her nose. Most addicts make excuses (Lindsay cough cough) and don’t admit they have problem.
Love Stevie, a talented, independent women who lives life on her own terms. And gotta say she looks better on the current cover than the one from 1981.
OMG her hair was fried!
Yes. And yes that was a bad cover in 1981. I love the current cover and to me she looks almost exactly as she did in the photos on the Rumors album. I used to lay on the floor in front of our speakers listening to that album and just gaze at those shots. The life of a 70s kid!
*waves hi* another 70’s kid here….Stevie was a goddess then and now and Lindsay Buckingham OMG i still carry a flame for him.
George Clooney wedding omen in the first cover. How prescient.
She could, of course, date Jack Nicholson since he doesn’t like to go out. But then downside: she’d have to date Jack Nicholson. Tom Petty sounds like a good dude, and I like a few of his songs.
You had me at cockatoo.
Stevie, you rock.
lol.
Agree about Petty. My 13 year old just discovered his music (we just had “Learning to Fly” cranking on the car ride to school this morning) and it’s made me remember how good he is. Also I heard a nice interview on the radio with him recently and he seems like a very decent guy with his head on straight.
“Runnin’ Down a Dream” is a great road trip song.
Now you both made me remember what it was like to be young and happy, I’ll have to listen more to those songs now 🙂
Stevie is a beautiful woman and any man would be a fool not to date her. She’s so talented. I absolutely loved her duet with Tom Petty “Stop Dragging My Heart Around.” Love me some Tom Petty too.
I LOVE Tom Petty – Have you ever heard his live duet with Stevie Nicks called Insider? It is on Tom Petty’s Pack up the Plantation live album. Awesome. Always wondered why they didn’t get together too.
Hahah, spot on Kiddo! That would be the downside.
Love her. <3
Love Stevie so much.
It’s trending now Ms. Nicks, what can we say! Forget about old men, be a fierce Cougar, best revenge.
I saw them a few years ago and was amazed that they can still pack arenas. They were phenomenal. After she warmed up her voice, she really did sound terrific.
My own mother is a free spirit like Stevie and she’s the same age too. There’s just something about that generation that I like. My mother and I are very close so this interview was like listening to a famous version of my Mom (minus the coke issues) However, I have to say that my Mom is going to throw a wrench into some of Stevie’s dating theories. Although she’s in her 60’s like Stevie, she’s dating a man a year younger than I am and I’m her eldest child. It’s a shame that Stevie feels she needs to be alone if she really wants a relationship. And I believe she and Tom Petty never got together because he was married. Is he still married now? I’d be down with those two as a couple. That would be interesting.
I think they were only friends and even toured together in the Eighties. He was married to his wife Jane (I think is her name). They recently divorced after decades of marriage and he has sinceremarried. And yes, his new wife is in her thirties.
Tom Petty’s new wife is not in her thirties. She turned 50 last year. There is only a 14 year age gap between the two.
When I was a kid, I used to pretend Stevie and Tom were my real parents. 🙂
Magnolia, that’s awesome. Meanwhile I used to pretend Shaun Cassidy was my boyfriend, lol.
I apologize for the error and stand corrected.
His current wife looks younger than her age.
Esmom, between the Shaun Cassidy and Rumours comments, I believe we are long lost twins somehow separated at birth 🙂
I love her!!!
All hail, Empress Stevie! I remember playing “Rumors” until the groves wore down! At 57, yeah, I can get a date-but do I want one? Everybody has baggage but c’mon, I keep meeting Jacob Marley!
Yup – I’m 62 and the last 2 times I got hit on it was by married men. I give up.
Honey, rejoice in still getting hit on….its all good to keep the ole juices flowing lol
My God, she looks amazing.
LOVE HER!!!!! As I was reading this, a Stevie Nicks song came on my favorite 80’s station. She got to sleep with a lot of hot men in her day. I think I would let the memories of them keep me warm at night. But then again, I love being alone. More Stevie in 2015….less Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
I’m late to th egame but she was SO GOOD on American Horror Story <3
“I’ve narrowed it down to nobody” and then she “laughed hard”
I’m not as old as her, but we’re on the same page… The older I get and the longer I am married, the more I realize how much we don’t NEED marriage at all. And by “we” I mean women. Women DO NOT need men. Men need women: they want a Mama who will wash out thier poo-poo undies and take thier sh*t…. a Mama they can f*ck… and OF COURSE they PREFER younger women because OF COURSE. But women do not need men. Like, AT ALL. NADA. For NOTHING, beyond child-bearing. Pairing up with them actually causes FAR more trouble than they are worth, by and large. Being a single female is a divine thing, and the only way anybody will ever find any peace… And my widowed 80 year old mother agrees, too. She misses my Dad, who she was married to for 50 years…. “officially” she misses him… But she is LOVING her time alone. Wakes up ALONE with a smile every morning…
woaw, maybe you shouldnt take your issues with one man out on all men. how is such a response here not called out?
It’s not called out because it’s true. Marriage benefits men more than it does women.
chill man.
My mom says the same. My dad was awesome to her, but she still wishes she had never gotten married and had focused on something else. We were talking about it this morning, she said many women marry and have kids “just because”.
I’m just glad that things started to go also the other way around: there are currently a bunch of middle aged women that are giving a run for their money to 20 something starlets and are dating and marrying younger men. I’m not talking about dumpster divers like Madonna or JLo that are clearly paying boytoys, but I’m talking about stunning, talented and independent women like Julianne Moore, Robin Wright that have real younger partners that are clearly very much in love, (and I’m still thinking about the way Ben Foster was leering at Robin Wright at the Golden Globes, a mix of creepy and loving, like he wanted to rip off her clothes.) Also Bart Freundlinch at the GG was lovely with Julianne. I’m proud and thankful for these women.
Holy crap, Ellie Goulding looks just like 1981 Stevie Knicks.
I think it’s sad she lives somewhat reclusive to avoid paps and photos. I wish she didn’t care.
As far as her not dating men her own age becuase they want 25 year olds. I don’t think that’s true and it’s never good to make broad statements like that. She probably hasn’t met any decent guys her own age lately and how could she? She won’t go out.
Unfortunately it’s true – I speak as a 62 year old who is fit, attractive, fun, a good cook, great social life, lots of positives but I haven’t had a date in 2 years. Dating sites are full of men my age who limit their preferences to between 30 and 45 and won’t give someone their own age a second glance.
Divine!! She can do no wrong.
I know of several mature men who have gone off to the Phillipines to find a wife. They’ve told me those women have lower expectations and it’s a sign of success when you’ve snagged a white man. They aren’t what one would consider attractive but they are lonely and looking for a companion and someone to nurse them when they are older. Plus they’ve told me the women obey them without drama. Pigs!
That is so gross.
Yeah, I mentioned above an article I read with Western men paying big bucks to ‘marriage agencies’ in Ukraine. They think they’re going to get a Natalia Vodionova lookalike who also knows her place and will be thrilled to bits to move to small town America to marry a divorcee twice her age. In nearly all cases, these agencies are a con and the men go home without a wife and with their bank accounts empty.
If only they were prepared to date women their own age back home, they could probably find someone. But no, some men just believe they deserve hot women half their age, and get bitter when these women just aren’t interested.
These guys arent going through an agency. They simply book a flight and come home with a wife. I guess if both parties agree with the arrangement all is ok. Wouldn’t work for me! You’re basically a caregiver, housecleaner, cook and whre with a few benefits. Security being one of them.
This. ^^ And in the rare case this is not a rip off, they are confronted with smart, independant woman who have an education and do not want to end up as a submissive housewife living isolated in a foreign country.
In the article I read, they were definitely going through an agency. It was called ‘Anastasia International’ or something equally corny. They pay thousands of pounds to fly out to Odessa and attend these cringemaking ‘speed dating’ affairs with local women. However, in most cases these women are simply paid by the agencies – many are already married with children – and have absolutely no intention of marrying any of the men.
In other words, it’s a scam, made possible by the fact that so many middle-aged men delude themselves into thinking they’re still a catch. Here’s the article:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/06/ukraine-wife-internet-romance-industry-online-scam
Has anyone heard of SugarDaddies.com? There was a documentary on TV not that long ago. Interesting.
I think a lot of the women that take part in these foreign marriages
are coming from desperately impoverished situations. They are looking
to trade marrying older men and taking care of them in exchange for
having themselves and their families taken care of, be it the
Philippines, Eastern Europe etc. Sad but true…
Yes, and it just shows the silliness of the ‘women prefer older men’ myth.
If men in their 5Os were so attractive to young women, then why do these men have to travel to the 3rd world to find a young woman who’ll marry them? Generally speaking, unless the woman is desperate, or the older man has something special to offer – wealth, fame, a Western passport – women just aren’t interested in men decades older than themselves.
She is a supreme goddess. LOVE Stevie Nicks!
Beadhead you must be a young thing!
Stevie and Tom were the biggest not so bestly kept secret love affair around!
I cannot be the only one old enough to remember!
But JEEZ! This is STEVIE NICKS. And she doesn’t look a day over 45! I doubt if she would have ANY trouble in dating anyone younger or older! She’s a living legend.
One of the things I’ve always loved about her is that she never had to take off an item of clothing—and she was STILL a sex symbol to millions of guys in those long flowy sorceress getup’s of hers. All women should take a lesson!
Awesome woman, awesome singer!
She looks better on the new cover than the 1981 one! I would love to know her aging secrets.
I saw her on Oprah and asked her how she looked so young.She said she never has or ever goes out in the sun and takes care of her skin.
She should find herself a cowboy. I know she grew up in Arizona and her grandfather was a country music singer with whom she was very close.
I don’t understand all these rich, awesome, successful women who can’t find men to date them. Maybe it’s a rich-person thing. They need to start looking in the middle and lower classes. I know so many men with a thing for older women. My god, dating STEVIE NICKS? Most single men in the 40-60 age range would jump on that so hard. Actually, 20-90.
These rich male douchecanoes really mess women up.
My daughter is a huge fan of Stevies…even had a sticker on the rear window of my car that she put on it which simply says “Stevie Nicks” so it appeared I was a fan too….but I’m not really. Just today I heard that Fleetwood Mac has reunited and are on tour again. Tickets are $306 per seat… ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The are the #1 highest ticket price of the top 10 most expensive concert tickets you can buy. I might pay that to see Jesus return…but I’m sure as heck not paying that for Fleetwood Mac! LMAO
Love that she’s worried about the guy dying, not herself. She knows she’s immortal.
My Queen! I can’t believe I didn’t read this sooner! She and David Bowie are to this day my imaginary parents.
Says something about our society when we don’t have viable options for meeting a partner. Internet dating sites would not be my idea of how to meet someone to hang out with. It seems like we are missing places where we can interact as human beings – I think bars and the web will not get you the kind of partner you are looking for. It’s also sad that older women feel ignored and older men basically fear being ignored. Seems like it’s in some ways the same thing. And the media gives us this crazy idea that our partner should magically meet all our needs, or that we should completely subsume our needs to them. How can anybody possibly live up to that?
Maybe Stevie’s not trying because it’s the zen way to succeed at it.
I’m 27 and haven’t met anyone my age that would marry a 60 something. Unless he was rich. But in South Asia you see it EVERYWHERE. It’s like normal in Asia.
I’m pretty certain she could go see a movie with a guy and not a lot of people would care… I like her too but seriously. This isn’t 1981 or whatever.
I’ve loved Stevie my whole life. Ugh. Talented gypsy.