How Tom Petty encouraged Stevie Nicks to work again after a “terrible record”Although we can now comfortably call Stevie Nicks one of the greatest rockers of all time, there were parts of her life where she questioned which would give her more gratitude—drugs or commercial success. “All of us were drug addicts, but there was a point where I was the worst drug addict,” Nicks would later recall. At the same time, she met up with Tom Petty at the Ritz-Carlton, and he helped her re-ignite her long-lost fire. '”Petty’s pep talk continued, “‘You’re upset ’cause you’re 20 pounds overweight -lose it, you can do it. “That was just that little kick in the butt that I really, really needed from somebody that I totally respect, that always has my best in mind,” she said.

Source: The Star June 07, 2024 18:11 UTC