In an interview with gay glossy Out,
singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks said she appreciates her gay fans but
added that she views all her fans the same.
“I can’t say that I’m so glad
that gay people like my music, because I have never looked at gay
people as different from any other people,” the
66-year-old Nicks said. “We are all one consciousness.”
“The fact that anybody loves my music
makes me feel very good, because this is what I do. I didn’t get
married; I don’t have kids. I have lots of godchildren, but it is
just me and my dogs. And then I have my straight friends and I have
my gay friends.”
Nicks was also asked how she would
handle coming out.
“The idea of carrying that secret
around would have killed me,” she said. “So I wouldn’t have
[been in the closet]. If I were gay, the second that I knew, I would
have said, ‘OK, everybody, this is how it is, and either you still
like me or I don’t care.’ I think that if you are gay, you just
have to say ‘It’s great!’ And hopefully you will find a great
relationship. And hopefully all the straight people will find a
relationship. And hopefully all the people like me who don’t care
about having a relationship will continue to not care and just have a
great dog. I’m not putting relationships down – I’ve had
amazing relationships. But that is how I look at life.”
Nicks' new album, 24
Karat Gold, arrives next month.