Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over.

In this blunt, colloquial remark, Nicks frames menopause not as a private, purely medical transition but as a daily adversary that collides with the demands of a public, high-energy performance life. “Rock” stands for stamina, image, and the expectation of emotional and physical intensity onstage; menopause stands for bodily change, volatility, and loss of control. Her language (“fight it to the death”) emphasizes agency: she refuses to let a biological process dictate her identity or eclipse her creative drive. The quote also punctures romantic myths of effortless rock-star vitality, acknowledging the labor required to keep performing while aging in a culture that often penalizes older women.