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" You could say that Fleetwood Mac is a bit of a dysfunctional family, but we are a family. "

Lindsey Buckingham

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

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" If everybody wanted to follow the left side of the pallet like I had on 'Tusk,' there would have been no need for me to do solo work. "

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" 'Tango' was a good experience, looking back on it, and it seems to hold up pretty well. "

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" The most disappointing thing to me after 'Tusk' was the politics in the band. They said, 'We're not going to do that again.' I felt dead in the water from that. On 'Mirage,' I was treading water, saying, 'Okay, whatever,' and taking a passive role. "

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