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" I'm not ashamed of my personal life. "

Lindsey Buckingham

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" 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

" The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing. "

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Lindsey Buckingham

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Lindsey Buckingham

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Lindsey Buckingham

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Lindsey Buckingham

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