“Tom got really angry with me. He said, ‘You’re one of the best songwriters I know. You don’t need my help. You don’t need anybody’s help!’”: How Tom Petty inspired Stevie Nicks to make a comeback – and why she felt misunderstood by Prince

Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty.

Stevie Nicks is one of the most successful and acclaimed singers and songwriters of all time – but in the mid-’90s she wasn’t feeling like it.

She was out of Fleetwood Mac, the band in which she had become famous. And she had endured a gruelling period suffering from Epstein-Barr virus, a debilitating condition causing profound fatigue.