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" If things are crazy in the studio, usually the road is times 10. "

Lindsey Buckingham

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" Warner Bros. never really got behind the solo work. They always kind of drew a blank. I think they always were thinking, 'Well, this is nice, but let's get back to what's really important.' "

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" I've been playing since I was about 7. I never really used a pick very much. I mean, once in a while, if you're in a festive mood, you might draw a little blood, but nothing significant... But my hands aren't abused, really. "

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" I don't know what 'genius' even means. It's just a matter of keeping your eye on the ball. "

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" As I've grown as an artist, I've gotten more and more in touch with my center, and that center is voice and guitar. "

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" I was lucky enough to meet someone when I was about 46 and had my first child when I was 48, so I got started late, but I also got all that other stuff out of the way and was at a point where I could be a consistent presence at home. "

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" But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us. "

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" I'm also married for the first time, and I have two kids. So there's some kind of good karma right now. "

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" I feel like fifteen years with Fleetwood Mac was like working on my thesis, doing research for some kind of paper. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" If you go back to 'Louie Louie,' there's the whole element there, where you need to be able to appreciate what 'dumb' is in its profoundness. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" That's basically what's going on now: Everything is propaganda. "

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" It's really touching that we can come back after so long and care about making an album that says as much as this one does. And after all this time, we really do care about each other. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I remember being a kid - if a new member joined a group, I just didn't like that at all. "

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" Sometimes I wish we were the Eagles. That's one thing they've always been able to do is want the same thing for the same reasons. "

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" The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" It hasn't always been easy, but you get to a point where you're not doing the solo stuff with any kind of expectation in terms of commercial or a business outcome, you're doing it because you believe in this. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" Studio D has a lot of symbolism for me. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" It's always been based around the song, and guitar-playing in the service of the song... The sensibility is about songs. I like to think of it as kind of 'refined primitive.' "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I do think my lyrics have gotten... not necessarily more poetic, but more open to interpretation; they're less literal. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" Years on, Christine and John still have a deep love for each other, as do Stevie and I - we've been working together since I was 17. "

Lindsey Buckingham

Working Together

" That's one of the real downfalls of celebrity. You're something that's about you at some point, and that gets latched onto and pumped into the machinery. Then you start having a million other people telling you who you are, and what you should be doing and why, and it's easy to lose your way. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" You can look at 'Rumours' and say, 'Well, the album is bright, and it's clean, and it's sunny.' But everything underneath is so dark and murky. What was going on between us created a resonance that goes beyond the music itself. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" Fleetwood Mac was one big lesson in adaptation for me. There were five very different personalities, and I suppose that made it great for a while. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I also learned to be more confident, to trust my instincts more. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" You get to be a certain age - I am 58 - and it becomes tricky not to become a caricature of yourself. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" They tried to get me to use a pick when I first joined the band. They had certain things they thought were appropriate. I tried to adapt as much as I could. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" Certainly, whatever I learn while I'm out solo, I bring back to Fleetwood Mac. "

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" The want to return to the fold doesn't mean you can repeat history. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" When Stevie and I joined the band, we were in the midst of breaking up, as were John and Christine. By the time Rumours was being recorded, things got worse in terms of psychology and drug use. It was a large exercise in denial - in order for me to get work done. "

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" A lot of people who have gone to music school have gotten their individuality stomped out of them. It becomes harder to find those instincts. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I was playing a Fender Telecaster when I first joined. "

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