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

Lindsey Buckingham

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" My foundation is acoustic guitar, and it is finger-picking and all of that and sort of an orchestral style of playing. Lead guitar came later, more out of the necessity to do so because of expectations in a particular situation. "

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

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" You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" There is a real joy to be able to get up and react to each other and appreciate the whole being greater than the sum of the parts, just the chemistry of the group. "

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 honestly think part of the appeal of 'Rumours' was that it was sort of heroic. We managed to push through in the face of so much personal adversity. "

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" 'Big Love' was originally an ensemble song, but it's done now as a single guitar piece. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I seldom look back. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" If you look at the whole time I was in the band, I only did, like, three solo albums - two, really. 'Out Of The Cradle,' I had already left because we'd done 'Tango In The Night,' and it was sort of the logical extension of crazy in terms of everyone getting ready to hit the wall with their habits. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" For me, none of the albums after 'Tusk' quite had it. I think we lost something after that. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" We really were poised to make 'Rumours 2,' and that could've been the beginning of kind of painting yourself into a corner in terms of living up to the labels that were being placed on you as a band. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I don't really think of myself so much as a writer as a stylist, someone who came into writing from the back door and has found it through a certain very specific and personal means. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I have an amazing wife and three beautiful children, and that certainly makes you less obsessive about your art as a musician - which I've always felt was more like painting than anything. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" 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

" Some days I would be there at ten in the morning and wouldn't leave till ten at night, and the others would waltz in for a couple of hours and then leave, because I was doing that painting thing. And they were happy to see that being done. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I put out an album once every four or five years and it's kind of like starting over every time. "

Lindsey Buckingham

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

Lindsey Buckingham

" You come off the kind of commercial success that 'Rumours' had, and you see that there are limitations to that as well as freedoms. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" 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.' "

Lindsey Buckingham

" 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

" When you make music, and even if it's commercially successful, it doesn't mean that it's going to hold up. It takes time to sort of take stock of what you've done and whether it's got legs and whether it's going to really have a place. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" 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. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" The first couple shows I did by myself, I was looking around wondering where the rest of my band was. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I guess you can look at Fleetwood Mac as the 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' movies and my solo career as indie films. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" One thing I admire about the Eagles is they always seem to know what they want. They always seem to know why they want it. They always seem to want it at the same time. "

Lindsey Buckingham

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

Lindsey Buckingham

" You work in a band, and it tends to be more like moviemaking, I think. It tends to be more of a conscious, verbalized and, to some degree, political process. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I'm trying to break down preconceptions about what pop music is. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" When I was in a band after high school and in college, I didn't even play the guitar. I played the bass because I couldn't play lead, and I didn't have the gear. "

Lindsey Buckingham

" I'm not that knowledgeable with the guitar - I just find ways that are pretty creative, but it's all within the framework and the limitations of what I can do. "

Lindsey Buckingham