Stevie Nicks, the Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, remains a towering presence in modern music, still capable of stopping crowds with performances such as a recent rendition of "Landslide" at Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival. She is now regarded as an unofficial mentor to a range of major pop artists, including Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey and Harry Styles, who has spoken about the intensity of being in her presence given how deeply her music shaped his own artistry.

Nicks herself has described being similarly awestruck by others, notably Mick Fleetwood, whose invitation for her and Lindsey Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac in 1975 she accepted partly because of her lifelong fascination with Britishness. She recalled that on first meeting Fleetwood, she felt she was "witnessing the entrance of an English king," struck by his striking attire and commanding presence, saying "the whole air around him is power." The anecdote underlines how even legendary figures like Nicks have their own idols, and highlights the enduring mystique surrounding Fleetwood within the band's history.