Stevie Nicks shared some words of wisdom with Katy Perry.
The Fleetwood Mac singer, 76, shared a conversation she had several years ago with Perry, 40, about the internet and how she felt the “California Gurls” singer would be better served avoiding it.
“About 10 years ago, Katy Perry was talking to me about the Internet armies of all the singers, and how cruel and raunchy they were,” Nicks told Rolling Stone.
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Stevie Nicks says she told Katy Perry to “get off the internet.” (Getty Images)
She continued, “I said, ‘Well, I wouldn’t know because I’m not on the Internet.’ She said, ‘So, who are your rivals?'”
In response, Nicks said she “just looked at her,” with her “steel-like stare.”
Then she remembered saying to her, “Katy, I have no rivals. I have friends. All the other singers I know are friends. Nobody participates. Get away from the internet and you will no longer have any rivals.’
Singers Katy Perry and Stevie Nicks attend the 56th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Lester Cohen/WireImage)
About the Internet, she said, “I hate it.”
Nicks also admitted that, at least partly due to the changes in technology since Fleetwood Mac’s heyday, she has given up on the idea of another hit.
“I mean, all the people my age gave up on hit records a long time ago,” she said. “If everything is streamed, it’s about 300,000 plays. It’s like, ‘What is that?’ I don’t know how to maneuver myself around that.”
Fleetwood Mac performing at one of six shows at Wembley Arena, London, between 20 and 27 June 1980. From left to right: John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham. The concerts were part of the Tusk Tour. (Michael Putland/Getty Images)
She added, “And I’m not interested in it anyway because I’m the only person who’s not always on the phone.”
Although the “Silver Springs” singer has an iPhone, she said it isn’t actually connected to a network.
“It’s just a camera,” she said.
Nicks also spoke about social media in her interview, saying that “it would have been terrible” if it had existed at the height of Fleetwood Mac’s fame.
Stevie Nicks says she only uses her phone as a camera. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for ABA)
“We’ve never had terrible paparazzi,” she said. “Our fans have always honored us immensely and treated us with care. No one chased us. It was all fun. It was never terrorizing. It was never stalking. It was never weird. I couldn’t live like that.”
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After talking about Perry, Nicks also shared her thoughts on other current pop singers like Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan.
“Obviously she really likes my music,” she said of Roan. “Me and a friend of mine went to look at her schedule, and it was outrageous. What she’s already done and what she’s getting into next. It’s as bad as any schedule we’ve ever done, and she’s new and she’s young.”
Stevie Nicks said Chappell Roan’s schedule is “outrageous.” (Getty Images)
She continued, “I said, ‘They’ll burn her out if they want to because there’s always someone to replace you.’ It must scare them all very much. That’s why it’s a good thing that Chappell just said, “Well, go ahead, replace me, I’m canceling because I’m not going to drop dead in front of all of you.”
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She has a closer bond with Swift. During the interview, she shows off a friendship bracelet that the pop superstar gave her as a gift, and says that she hasn’t taken it off in almost a year.
Stevie Nicks is wearing a friendship bracelet that Taylor Swift gave her. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
“She’s very smart, but she’s also been through a lot,” she said. “She’s in a good place right now, and I think she has a good man,” referring to NFL star Travis Kelce.
“I hope they fall deeper and deeper in love and ride off into the sunset. He does his thing, and she does her thing, and then they get back together and get married and have babies if that’s what she wants. I just want it all.” that for her.”
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