“And so Mick [Fleetwood] came to me and said, ‘They have a girl involved here.

“And we met and I instantly liked her.

She and I are not competitive in any way at all.

Christine McVie smiles at an event with Stevie Nicks

We’re totally different, but totally sympathetic with each other.

We are dear, dear friends.”

“This was my music soulmate, my best girlfriend.

Stevie Nicks smiles at Christine McVie while the two perform on stage.

“We were the keepers of Fleetwood Mac, and that is why we cannot replace her.”

“I’m a tomboy, hanging out with the guys.

I love hanging around with men.

And Stevie is kind of a girly-girl.

She loves hanging out with her girlfriends.”

And we really stuck to it,” Nicks said in a 2022 interview withThe New Yorker.

Unsurprisingly, McVie’s death hit Nicks hard.