10 Reasons Why Stevie Nicks Is Still The Queen Of Rock

Happy birthday to the Gold Dust Woman herself

1. She is still singing everywhere, all the time.

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Age has not slowed her down one bit. Stevie is currently on tour with the legendary rock band, Fleetwood Mac. As part of their 68-stop tour, The Mac will be at the O2 Arena in London tomorrow and Thursday May 27. The band has been around since 1967, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and is one of the best selling bands of all time, with over 100 million records sold. Being 67-years old? NOT A PROBLEM.

2. She recently received a USO Medal of Honor for her work with wounded soldiers.

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Stevie holds the record for the most hours spent over a five-year period visiting combat-wounded service members as part of USO-Metro’s celebrity handshake tours. She’s donated hundreds of iPods filled with music to soldiers recovering in army and naval hospitals. Nicks was so moved by her visits that she wrote the song “Soldier’s Angel,” which appears on her album In Your Dreams.

3. Her lyrics are straight up poetry and hella relatable.

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From hits like “Rhiannon” and “Dreams,” to one of the most covered songs of all time, “Landslide,” her lyrics are heartfelt and engaging. Her songwriting has earned her a BMI Songwriters Award in 2003 and a BMI Icon Award in 2014. “I’m going to spend my life writing poems, turning them into music that will affect people and touch their hearts,” Stevie said in a 2012 interview. “I’m going to write the songs that people can’t write for themselves.”

Who hasn’t gone through a breakup and cried to “Dreams?” Who hasn’t sang “Edge of Seventeen” at Karaoke Thursday at Applebee’s?

Can I handle the seasons of my life? I DON’T KNOW.

4. She is a fashion icon.

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For that fringe shawl from Forever 21 you just bought, or that flowy boho dress from Free People, thank Stevie. With the help of stylist Margi Kent, Stevie achieved her memorable stage aesthetic of fringe, shawls, velvet and lace. Her costumes have been exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and DC's National Museum of Women in the Arts, among others. She told Rolling Stone in 2002, "Personally, I think that sexy is keeping yourself mysterious. I'm really an old-fashioned girl, and I think I'm totally sexy." WORK.

5. She was on American freaking Horror Story.

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AHS: Coven featured 10 of her songs, two of which she performed with a piano on the show. Appearing in two episodes, she literally made Lily Rabe's Stevie-obsessed character Misty Day faint at the sight of her and brought the great Jessica Lange to tears with her beautiful voice. The real Supreme? STEVIE NICKS.

6. She is the OG selfie queen.

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Back before iPhones and selfie sticks, Stevie was taking Polaroid self-portraits.

"Some people don't sleep at night—I am one of those people," she explained. "These pictures were taken long after everyone had gone to bed—I would begin after midnight and go until 4 or 5 in the morning. I stopped at sunrise—like a vampire... I never really thought anyone would ever see these pictures, they went into shoeboxes, where they remained. I did everything—I was the stylist, the makeup artist, the furniture mover, the lighting director. It was my joy—I was the model..."

They were shown at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York earlier this year.

BEAT THAT KIM KARDASHIAN.

7. She’s an independent woman who don’t need a man.

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She has made a name for herself all on her own. As part of her solo career, Stevie has created a giant body of work with 8 solo albums, producing hits like "Edge Of Seventeen" and "Stand Back." Through a vast array tumultuous relationships and some serious drug problems, she got her life together and is continuing to rock all over the world.

8. She loves a good rockumentary.

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In true gypsy rock goddess style, a documentary depicting the making of her 2011 album In Your Dreams was shown at numerous film festivals and a one-night-only showing in theaters across the country. Plus, she appeared in David Grohl’s 2013 Sound City doc about the history of recording studio Sound City Studios in LA. The studio produced iconic albums like Nirvana’s Nevermind and of course, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. She just does everything I guess.

9. She’s inspiring the next generation with her musical knowledge and girl power.

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Children are the future, and Stevie knows this. That is why she is spreading her musical wisdom with the next generation. She visited the set of Glee (when Glee was still watchable) and encouraged them to keep pushing for the arts in schools. She was Adam Levine’s advisor on The Voice, sharing her knowledge about stage performance to today’s aspiring artists. And, she invited the Haim sisters to her home and encouraged them to keep making awesome music. She even made them sisters of the moon (she literally gave them gold half moon necklaces.) “Never sing a song you don’t love,” Stevie said. “Period.” Sound advice.

10. She is a boss at twirling.

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“I do this thing at the end when the music’s going duh-duh-duh-duh-duh … to me it’s like the horses are running through the forest and the goddesses and gods are all there," Stevie told Vulture. "It’s a really dramatic part, and when I perform ‘Rhiannon’ myself onstage, I always twirl to it and I love it... When you twirl, you want to look beautiful, you know? You want to have your hands up, and you definitely want to spot or you will get dizzy.”

*takes notes*

Rock on Gold Dust Woman.

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Happy birthday Stevie.