

This dove had come here to watch over me.” I thought it was an owl, but a friend said, ‘No, that’s a dove!’ I started to cry. One little Ahhh~ and then three OOH’s~ over and over again. “Several days ago, outside my room, I started to hear the sound of a bird singing the same thing over and over. Nick went on to reveal that she had never actually heard dove song until very recently.

She makes her home here in the great Saguaro cactus that provides shelter and protection for her…’ As you well know, I was very taken with that whole picture and went on to write ‘Edge of Seventeen.'”

Nicks posted a video of a dove sitting atop a branch in front of a bright blue sky, cooing as it stares at her - then delved into the story behind the song in the caption: “In 1980 I was flying home from Phoenix, Arizona, and I was handed a menu that said, ‘The white wing dove sings a song that sounds like she’s singing ooh, ooh, ooh. In Stevie Nicks’ latest Instagram dispatch from home, the rock legend befriends a dove and reveals the inspiration behind the opening lyrics to her hit song “Edge of Seventeen.”
