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" You're not going to reinvent the wheel every time you go out, because that would disappoint the audience. "

Lindsey Buckingham

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" I left Fleetwood Mac to make myself happy, and fortunately, it worked. "

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" I had to seal off my feelings about Stevie while seeing her every day and having to help her, too. But you get on with it. What was happening to the band was much bigger than any of that. "

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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. "

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" There is a lot of pressure to top yourself... to come up with a 'Rumours II,' and that seemed like a trap. "

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" There's a certain kind of idealism attached to 'Tusk' as a subtext to the music, and I think people now can respond not only to how colorful and experimental it is, but also why it was made. "

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" You could almost say I'm someone who doesn't practice age. "

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" You know, I was never totally thrilled with being a Fleetwood Mac member, but surprisingly, I was having such a good time reuniting with John, Mick, and Stevie. "

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

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" As autobiographical as say the stuff on 'Rumours' was, I don't think we thought of it as such when we were writing it. "

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

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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

" One of the things about Fleetwood Mac is, when we're not together, we don't talk a lot or keep in touch. We keep a healthy distance. "

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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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" You have to look at what 'Rumours' was, what drove the subject matter. You had two couples who were broken up or breaking up. And probably, you could say, success we had achieved was the catalyst for those breakups. "

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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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" When I work alone, and I'm in my studio, and I'm playing a lot of the stuff myself, I think the style of it becomes something a little different. "

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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. "

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" There have been times when I've feared for my own well-being in the great scheme of things because, historically, the track record has not been kind to the guitar players in this band. "

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