Stevie Nicks Once Revealed How Fleetwood Mac ‘Protected’ Her From Challenges Many Women Faced in the Music Industry originally appeared on Parade.
Stevie Nicks is among an elite list of women who paved the way in rock music. When she joined Fleetwood Mac in 1974, it was almost unheard of for a woman to be the lead singer in a band.
It was a man’s world, but Nicks, along with other pioneers like Joan Jett, Debbie Harry, and Ann Wilson, has been credited with changing the way fans and record labels saw women in music. But change is never easy, and these women have talked about obstacles they faced, especially early in their careers.
With the reissue of Nicks and former bandmate and boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham’s 1973 Buckingham Nicks album, fans have been revisiting the band’s hits and their history.
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That’s exactly what happened when American Songwriter brought back a quote from Nicks in 1993 in an interview with Rock World. In it, she spoke about how she was able to avoid much of the conflict that other women in bands faced in terms of discrimination, sexualization, and pressure to perform.
“In my ancient ways, now I know that I was very lucky to be the baby sister, you know? Yeah, let Christine [McVie] take all those hard knocks for me. She did. I didn’t have to,” Nicks said in the interview.
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She continued, “They kept a lot of that bad stuff that happens away from me so, I didn’t have to have my dreams kind of crashed and ruined, which happens here in this town. I was really protected.”
Stevie Nicks Once Revealed How Fleetwood Mac ‘Protected’ Her From Challenges Many Women Faced in the Music Industry first appeared on Parade on Jul 31, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 31, 2025, where it first appeared.
