When talking about Nickel Creek 's last tour before the break , Sara Watkins said `` A lot of the other stuff will be special in the way that anything is special when you realize that itâ s not going to be around forever ... Nothing is going be Nickel Creek except Nickel Creek . Looking back on the Nickel Creek experience , which spanned eighteen years , Sara Watkins said , `` A lot of the other stuff will be special in the way that anything is special when you realize that itâ s not going to be around forever ... Nothing is going to be Nickel Creek except Nickel Creek .