Editing Stevie Nicks (section)

=== 1948–1971: Early life and career beginnings ===
Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks was born at [[Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix|Good Samaritan Hospital]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], Arizona to Jess and Barbara Nicks. Nicks is of German, English, Welsh, and Irish ancestry.

Nicks's grandfather, Aaron Jess "A.J." Nicks Sr., taught Nicks to sing duets with him by the time she was four years old. Nicks's mother was protective, keeping her at home "more than most people" and fostered in her daughter a love of fairy tales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fleetwood-mac-they-dared-to-be-different-243618/ |title=Fleetwood Mac: They Dared To Be Different |date=February 7, 1980 |publisher=rollingstone.com |access-date=June 10, 2022 }}</ref>

As a toddler, Stephanie could only pronounce her name as "tee-dee", which led to her nickname of "Stevie".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inherownwords.com/family.htm |title=Stevie Nicks on her Family |publisher=inherownwords.com |access-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-date=August 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808180221/http://www.inherownwords.com/family.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{blockquote|text=I listened to lots of [[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40]] [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] radio. I loved [[The Shirelles]] and [[Martha and the Vandellas|Martha Reeves and the Vandellas]]; stuff like "[[Remember (Walking in the Sand)]]" by [[The Shangri-Las]]... [My grandfather] bought me a truckload of records when I was in the [[fifth grade]]. There must have been 150 singles: [[country music|country]], [[rockabilly]], some [[The Everly Brothers|Everly Brothers]], a song called "[[Party Doll]]" that went, "Come along and be my party doll/And I'll make love to you." |author=Stevie Nicks<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McNair |first=James |date=December 2013 |title=The Mojo Interview |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=241 |page=40}}</ref>}}

Her father's frequent relocation as a vice president of [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]] had the family living in Phoenix, [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]], [[Salt Lake City]], Los Angeles, and San Francisco. With the [[Goya guitar]] that she received for her 16th birthday, Nicks wrote her first song, titled "I've Loved and I've Lost, and I'm Sad but Not Blue". She spent her adolescence playing records constantly and lived in her "own little musical world".<ref name="nicksfix1980">{{cite magazine |author=Daisann McLane |year=1980 |title=Five Not So Easy Pieces |url=http://www.nicksfix.com/rs_issue310.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116203855/http://www.nicksfix.com/rs_issue310.htm |archive-date=January 16, 2008 |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=310 |access-date=June 1, 2010}}</ref><ref name="nicksfix1997">{{cite news |url=http://www.nicksfix.com/azrepub9.htm |title=Oh, Mother!&nbsp;– Fleetwood Mac's Stevie, 49, still Barbara's little girl |newspaper=Arizona Republic |author=Randy Cordova |date=October 21, 1997 |access-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031352/http://www.nicksfix.com/azrepub9.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emin-your-dreamsem-docume_b_1937997.html |title=In Your Dreams Documentary Premieres at Hampton's: Chatting With Stevie Nicks |work=The Huffington Post |author=Mike Ragogna |year=2012 |access-date=July 8, 2013 |archive-date=May 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507142128/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ragogna/emin-your-dreamsem-docume_b_1937997.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

While attending [[Arcadia High School (California)|Arcadia High School]] in [[Arcadia, California|Arcadia]], California,<ref>{{cite web|title=Stevie Nicks Story pg2 - Arcadia High School ROCK Legends|url=http://www.arcadiaapaches.com/memories/rock_history/stevie_nicks_story2.htm|website=Arcadiaapaches.com|access-date=November 11, 2016|archive-date=March 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316215422/http://www.arcadiaapaches.com/memories/rock_history/stevie_nicks_story2.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> she joined her first band, the Changing Times, a [[folk rock]] band focused on vocal harmonies.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qT3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT132 |page=32 |title=Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac |last1=Fleetwood |first1=Mick |author-link=Mick Fleetwood |last2=Bozza |first2=Anthony | author-link2 = Anthony Bozza |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=2014 |isbn=978-1444753264 |quote=She briefly had a band called Changing Times, but her musical journey did not really begin until the family moved, yet again, to San Francisco.}}</ref>

Nicks met her future musical and romantic partner, [[Lindsey Buckingham]], during her senior year at [[Menlo-Atherton High School]] in [[Atherton, California|Atherton]], California.<ref>MTV.com: Stevie Nicks.</ref> When she saw Buckingham playing "[[California Dreamin']]" at the [[Young Life]] club, she joined him in harmony.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nicksfix.com/qmagazine_may2001.htm |title=Queen of the Stoned Age |work=Q |date=May 2001 |access-date=June 1, 2010 |archive-date=May 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509084236/http://www.nicksfix.com/qmagazine_may2001.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She recalled, "I thought he was darling."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inherownwords.com/lindsey.htm|title=Stevie Nicks on Lindsey Buckingham 1|website=Inherownwords.com|access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220214232/http://www.inherownwords.com/lindsey.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Buckingham was in [[psychedelic rock]] band Fritz, but two of its musicians were leaving for college. He asked Nicks, in mid-1967, to replace the lead singer. Fritz later opened for [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Janis Joplin]] from 1968 until 1970. Nicks credits both acts as inspiring her stage intensity and performance.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/javierpacheco_qa1.htm |title=Javier Pacheco Question and Answer Session |publisher=fleetwoodmac.net |date=July 5–24, 1999 |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920053602/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/javierpacheco_qa1.htm |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Nicks and Buckingham attended [[San Jose State University|San José State University]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2024 |title=What Really Happened Between Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham? A Deep Dive Into Their Relationship |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/really-happened-between-stevie-nicks-155047540.html |access-date=October 16, 2024 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Novak |first=Lauren |date=August 23, 2024 |orig-date=August 23, 2024 |title=Stevie Nicks Reveals Ultimatum About Fame Her Parents Gave Her |url=https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/18619/stevie-nicks-ultimatum-about-fame-parents-gave-her/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907033601/https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/18619/stevie-nicks-ultimatum-about-fame-parents-gave-her/ |archive-date=September 7, 2024 |access-date=October 16, 2024 |website=Remind |language=en-US}}</ref> where Nicks majored in speech communication<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/stevie.htm |title=Stevie Nicks Biography |publisher=fleetwoodmac.net |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-date=June 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611232821/http://fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/stevie.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and planned to become an English teacher.<ref name="ask">{{cite web|url=http://rockalittle.com/askstevie.htm|work=Rock A Little|title=Stevie Nicks – Ask Stevie|access-date=February 11, 2016|archive-date=March 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314101710/http://rockalittle.com/askstevie.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> With her father's blessing, she dropped out of college to pursue a musical career with Buckingham.<ref name="ask" />