Eight years have passed since the world lost one of its most extraordinary musicians, Prince. He was discovered dead at his Paisley Park residence in Minneapolis in April 2016, at the age of 57.
Throughout his life, Prince was not only a prolific singer-songwriter and musician but also collaborated with numerous iconic artists. One of those artists was Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac, who recently shared insights into their friendship. She recounted how Prince once expressed concern about her struggles with drug use.
Their collaboration began in the early 1980s, blossoming into a profound friendship. Nicks, now 73, reminisced about feeling flattered when she realized Prince had an interest in her. “Prince and I were just friends”, she explained in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar. “I think he would have been happy to have had a relationship.”
While on her honeymoon with ex-husband Kim Anderson, Nicks heard Prince’s hit “Little Red Corvette” and felt inspired to create her own song. “Suddenly, I was singing along: ‘Stand back!’” she told Uncle Joe Benson on the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show. “I asked Kim to pull over because I needed to record this, so we found a store and bought a tape recorder.”
That night, she worked tirelessly on what would become the lead single from her 1983 solo album, The Wild Heart, which eventually reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
After completing her song “Stand Back”, Nicks arranged a meeting with Prince, and within 20 minutes, they were introduced in a Los Angeles studio. Prince listened to her track and quickly went to the keyboard to contribute his unique touches. Afterward, he hugged her and left. “He spoiled me for every band I’ve ever had because no one could replicate what Prince did all by himself”, Nicks remarked in her book Rock Lives.
Despite her admiration for him, Nicks chose not to pursue a romantic relationship, valuing their musical bond instead. “I wanted a creative partnership, and I had learned early on that relationships could end badly”, she explained. “He wasn’t just looking for that.”
Interestingly, Prince’s song “When Doves Cry” was inspired by Nicks’ “Edge of Seventeen”, Nicks candidly admitted that during their collaboration, she was deeply involved in drug use. “The eighties were a dark time for me”, she told The New Yorker. “Prince was very much against drugs, and it shocked me to learn he ended up on pain medication. He often lectured me about my habits.”
Nicks recalled their conversations, where Prince would warn her: “You gotta be careful, Stevie”, to which she would respond: “I know, I know”, In the wake of his death, she expressed her sorrow, noting: “It’s tragic that he died of an accidental overdose. I can hear him saying: ‘Sweetie, I can’t believe it happened either’”.
Prince’s concern was warranted, as Nicks ultimately entered rehab twice. In 1986, she sought help at the Betty Ford Clinic for cocaine addiction and returned to treatment in 1993 for an over-prescription of Klonopin.
In 1986, during a visit with a plastic surgeon regarding her nose, she learned she had severely damaged it from her drug use. “I asked the doctor what he thought about my nose, and he replied: ‘The next time you do cocaine, you could drop dead’”, Nicks recalled. This prompted her to seek help at the Betty Ford Clinic, a decision that helped turn her life around and potentially saved her career.
It’s a tragedy that Prince couldn’t overcome his own struggles with opioids. Nicks’ experiences underscore his musical genius and the generosity of his talent. He remains an irreplaceable legend, forever missed by countless fans worldwide.
“You are an irresponsible mother !! You look at the phone, with the child at your feet… ” What was the woman’s explanation?
On the Internet, a photo from an airport showing a mother using the phone while her infant is left on the ground covered in a blanket has caused a lot of criticism. The young mother received a lot of backlash in the virtual space for leaving her infant on the floor, treating it like luggage, and instead choosing to sit on the phone.
When the picture was shared online with a well-known quotation from Albert Einstein, “I fear the day when technology will be more important than interpersonal relationships,” the image went viral. A new generation of fools is going to emerge in the world.
Although she appears to be a deranged mother at first, the reason behind the woman who abandoned her infant on the ground will cause us to reconsider our tendency to judge people based just on their outward appearance.
When the picture that was shot without her consent became viral online and was accompanied by derogatory remarks like “You are a distorted mother!!” The woman made the decision to be honest, saying, “You sit on the phone, the baby at your feet, and you don’t care about him.”
After their flight was canceled, Molly Lensing—a pediatric nurse by trade with two other kids at home—and her two-month-old daughter found themselves stuck at the Colorado airport for over 20 hours.
“After spending too many hours in her stroller, Anastasia was exhausted, and my hands were sore from carrying my bags and cuddling with her.” On a television broadcast, Molly said, “I had to tell all the family members where we were, and he needed a place to lay down.”
The woman added that she noticed her picture floating around the Internet a few months after the bad encounter she had at the Colorado airport. Molly started getting hateful remarks on Facebook after a few internet users recognized her name. While some commented that she was “a terrible mother,” others defended her.
“I felt as though someone had invaded my private. I was worried that my supervisor or one of my coworkers would see the photo and get fired because I work at a pediatric clinic. Fortunately, Molly Lensing stated that this did not occur.
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