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* [[Ludd Was Right]]: Stevie doesn't own a computer or cell phone.

* [[Mondegreen]]: The title of the song "Edge of Seventeen" came from a conversation with [[Tom Petty]]'s wife Jane, who was telling Stevie about how she had first met her future husband at 17. Stevie liked the way that "age of seventeen" came out in Jane's Southern accent so much that she grabbed the phrase for her own.

* [[Moral Guardians]]: Stevie ran into trouble from some fundamentalist Christians in the 1970's and 1980's who believed she was promoting witchcraft or was in fact a practicing witch (due in part to incautious on-stage statements in which she introduced the song "Rhiannon" as being "about a Welsh witch", which [[Did Not Do the Research|is inaccurate; Rhiannon was in fact a goddess in Welsh/Celtic mythology]]) and due partly to [[Woman in Black]] her love of the color black in her clothing. The hassle got so bad on the later count, in fact, that she switched around the time of ''Tusk'' to [[Woman in White]] dressing all in shades of white and cream for a couple of years (she's dressed in white satin and chiffon on the cover of ''Bella Donna''). For the record, she has always staunchly denied practicing witchcraft.

* [[Moral Guardians]]: Stevie ran into trouble from some fundamentalist Christians in the 1970's and 1980's who believed she was promoting witchcraft or was in fact a practicing witch (due in part to incautious on-stage statements in which she introduced the song "Rhiannon" as being "about a Welsh witch", which [[Did Not Do the Research|is inaccurate; Rhiannon was in fact a goddess in Welsh/Celtic mythology]]) and due partly to [[Woman in Black|her love of the color black in her clothing]]. The hassle got so bad on the later count, in fact, that she switched around the time of ''Tusk'' to [[Woman in White|dressing all in shades of white and cream]] for a couple of years (she's dressed in white satin and chiffon on the cover of ''Bella Donna''). For the record, she has always staunchly denied practicing witchcraft.

* [[New Media Are Evil]]: She was highly suspicious at first of the Internet when it became popular, and doesn't like social networks such as Facebook or Twitter, and does ''not'' have an account on either, despite several identites purporting to be her.

* [[Nice Hat]]: It's not just Stevie's boots that are famous - her top hats, usually accessorized with long flowing veils dropping down her back, are also a core part of her image.

* [[Nice Shoes]]: Her platform-soled boots are iconic. (Being over 60, and having suffered several falls of varying severity off stages in the past, she doesn't actually wear high-heeled platform boots that much anymore.)

* [[Opera Gloves]]: She often wears gloves of varying lengths on- and offstage (her 2011 "look", for instance, includes a pair of elbow-length black leather gloves with cut-off fingertips).

* [[Shout-Out]]: Stevie often gives [[Shout-Out~~|Shout Outs~~]] to people or places she likes in her songs. As may be expected from her, some of the references are rather cryptic. However:

* [[Shout-Out]]: Stevie often gives [[Shout-Out]]s to people or places she likes in her songs. As may be expected from her, some of the references are rather cryptic. However:

** She gave a rather obvious [[Shout-Out]] to Mick Fleetwood in "Juliet" ("Dancing to the rhythm of some man's ancient drum").

** Her song "Jane", from ''Street Angel'', is a tribute to renowned primate researcher [[Jane Goodall]].