Stevie Nicks shared with fans the mindset in which she goes about filtering her words through the musical prism. "The songwriting process for me, I've always kept to myself. I really was very selfish about it; I never really wanted to write with anyone," she said (via Showbiz CheatSheet).

Lyrics are presented in various ways. Some appear in the third person, some in the first. Some take the form of metaphors, while others stay grounded in a more literal context. In any sense, truth is the primary ingredient that mixes it all together.

She often felt that criticism was an adversary to the truth inherent in her words, and Buckingham's cross-checking method involved different pointers and suggestions that simply didn't resonate with his former lover.

"I'm very superstitious," Nicks said. "Once I've written a line — it's like every once in a while, Lindsey will say, 'You know, well you're writing in the third person, and then all of a sudden you flip back into first person. You can't really do that.' And I'm like, 'So would you say that to Bob Dylan?' I snap back at him, you know?"

Perhaps it was residual emotional tension that amounted to her apprehension, but in any case, everybody writes differently. The two simply agreed to stay in their own lane when it was time to put pen to paper. Evidently, that's some of the most effective songwriting musicians can do.

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