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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. "

Christine McVie

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" I try to say I love you in a million different ways. That's what I aspire to do. That's what I do best. "

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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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" There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs. "

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" There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought. "

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" I'm looking more like my dogs every day - it must be the shaggy fringe and the ears. "

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" I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money. "

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" I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song. "

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" As long as I can make a phone call and do a WhatsApp, I'm fine. "

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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. "

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" I was by no means a nun. "

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" Recording 'Tusk' was quite absurd. The studio contract rider for refreshments was like a telephone directory. "

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" My contribution is the romance and the warmth. The love songs. "

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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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" You can only mend the vase so many times before you have to chuck it away. "

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" I'm rather old-fashioned about this video business. It's all relatively new. We really don't do videos, Fleetwood Mac. We've only done two. "

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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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" I'm quite a domestic person by nature, and the nomad thing had got a bit stale on me, really. "

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" It really comes down to Mick. He's the one who was constantly trying to get these five people in one room together. This is his love, his baby. It's his band, and there's nothing more he loves to do than get up on stage and play with us. "

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" I enjoy my money, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'd certainly rather be rich than poor. "

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" The old Fleetwood Mac was much better; they did some beautiful and, to my mind, very authentic blues. Chicken Shack did pretty well in Europe, but after I left, it was over. "

Christine McVie

" Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes. "

Christine McVie

" 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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" My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves. "

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