Christine McVie Quotes
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I couldn't go anywhere unless there was a security guard with me. That spoiled my life. It was like being in captivity. Those days are gone, and I don't ever want to see that happen to me again. Now I can wander around the streets of Los Angeles on my own. I like it that way.
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You can only mend the vase so many times before you have to chuck it away.
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To some extent, I've always felt that the music should be the thing that creates the emotion in you, rather than a video.
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I did make a solo album in my house when I was there. And because I was just afraid of flying, I wouldn't promote it, and I wouldn't tour. Actually, it wasn't a very good album anyway - it got buried underneath the pits of Hell, I suppose.
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Fleetwood Mac always take a long time to make a record - you know what.
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I have always needed other musicians to bounce off.
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I actually enjoyed making 'Tango In The Night.'
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Everything is for the good in the end.
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I think there's a reason to go off and do something and experiment - splinter off and do something different. It keeps the nucleus of Fleetwood Mac fresh.
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I don't have the ability to be a diva. I can't flaunt. I don't have that kind of stage presence. I think of myself as just a band member.
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WhatsApp I adore. I use it all the time with my friends.
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Recording 'Tusk' was quite absurd. The studio contract rider for refreshments was like a telephone directory.
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The rock n' roll lifestyle did have its perks, but it wasn't all limos and parties in the early days.
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I had the feeling every time I was on a plane everyone was going to die. It was a horrible phobia. A stupid one.
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You have to start laughing at yourself at some point.
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I don't know what it is really... I think I'm just good with hooks.
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I wouldn't think a blues album would be that commercially successful, but I don't really care. I'd do it for the love of blues, not for the money. I've got plenty of money.
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There are so many songs that have become massive hits merely because the video is great, while the song is pretty rubbish. From that point of view, I think I've always preferred to listen to a song rather than look at it.
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You get into your wellie boots and your Range Rover and, walking around with six inches of mud on your shoes, you get to forget about that more polished lifestyle.
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Music left my life for a while, to be honest. It wasn't that I didn't like it, but you know, I'm not really a solo player.
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I wanted to restore an ancient house in Kent, and that's what I did. It was a heap - this Tudor building with the beams painted lime green, so hideous. And I had this idea that I'd love the small village life, with the Range Rover and the dogs and baking cookies for the Y.W.C.A. But then it got so boring.
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We all enjoyed the success of Rumours obviously.
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For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song.
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Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for a bit of honest writing.