Stevie Nicks recalled meeting Joni Mitchell, whom she described as “the greatest singer-songwriter ever”. The encounter is presented as significant because Mitchell’s work was a major influence on Nicks’s songwriting and artistic outlook, long before Nicks became known through Fleetwood Mac and her solo career.

Nicks has repeatedly praised Mitchell’s records, particularly the emotional detail and musical ambition of her songwriting. The article places their meeting within that long-standing admiration, emphasising how Mitchell helped shape Nicks’s approach to writing personal, evocative songs.