Eventually, I had to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life. I needed to find my way back to Fleetwood Mac.
— Christine McVie
Everything is for the good in the end.
With Fleetwood Mac, it's an amazing chemistry that we have on stage.
Fleetwood Mac always take a long time to make a record - you know what.
When you're in the same band as somebody, you're seeing them almost more than 24 hours a day. You start to see an awful lot of the bad side 'cause touring is no easy thing.
I always did have a kind of candle shining for Peter Green. I mean, he was my god.
If the right guy pops the question, I'll say yes.
I tend to like the traditional sound: three-part harmonies, guitar, and piano. I mean, a well-played guitar is a joy forever... or something.
I didn't open a restaurant, but I did go to a few cooking schools. It was too much like hard work!
I want to go out and do things... not just stick around having room service for two days.
I have always needed other musicians to bounce off.
To some extent, I've always felt that the music should be the thing that creates the emotion in you, rather than a video.
The rock n' roll lifestyle did have its perks, but it wasn't all limos and parties in the early days.
As long as I can make a phone call and do a WhatsApp, I'm fine.
My songwriting, when I'm writing, is nothing like it is in its finished form - but you have to start somewhere.
I actually enjoyed making 'Tango In The Night.'
I left the band because I developed a terrible fear of flying.
I don't sing about politics or anything like that. I sing about love. That's what I know about.
I felt very at home in California, but the place is prone to earthquakes, and the one in 1994 scared the life out of me. For months afterwards, I felt that every time I sat down, I should have put on a seatbelt.
I'm pretty low-key. I travel fairly light, especially on the tour.
'Mirage' was an attempt to get back into the flow that 'Rumours' had. But we missed a vital ingredient. That was the passion.
Stevie Winwood played like I'd never heard anybody play before. It just gave me goose bumps.
My ears are really good. I'm a good listener.
I wouldn't like to grow old alone.
I write about unrequited love in a very optimistic way.
The 2018 tour is supposed to be a farewell tour. But you take farewell tours one at a time.
I don't think talent or the gift ever goes away.
Music left my life for a while, to be honest. It wasn't that I didn't like it, but you know, I'm not really a solo player.
'Hold Me' was a nightmare! It was the middle of the desert in Palm Springs, in the height of summer. I don't know what possessed us to do that. But we sometimes do crazy things.
I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them.
WhatsApp I adore. I use it all the time with my friends.
My contribution is the romance and the warmth. The love songs.
I was by no means a nun.
Before shows, we rub elbows and growl. It started once when someone had a cold, and we didn't want to hug each other. So we started rubbing elbows. And we don't kiss. We just go, 'Grrrr!'
I try to say I love you in a million different ways. That's what I aspire to do. That's what I do best.
I think there's a reason to go off and do something and experiment - splinter off and do something different. It keeps the nucleus of Fleetwood Mac fresh.
I wanted to have a home where I could go home and unlock my door and go in and be settled. I was tired of being a gypsy.
Recording 'Tusk' was quite absurd. The studio contract rider for refreshments was like a telephone directory.
I dearly remember the old days... Fleetwood Mac had this one-of-a-kind charm. They were gregarious, charming and cheeky onstage. Very cheeky. They'd have a good time.
I had the feeling every time I was on a plane everyone was going to die. It was a horrible phobia. A stupid one.
I tend to go for these half-little-boy characters.
I don't know what it is really... I think I'm just good with hooks.
We've always connected musically in Fleetwood Mac because we're the only people who play more than one note. I'm not the best pianist, but I know how to interlace around what Lindsey's playing.
I did make a solo album in my house when I was there. And because I was just afraid of flying, I wouldn't promote it, and I wouldn't tour. Actually, it wasn't a very good album anyway - it got buried underneath the pits of Hell, I suppose.
There are so many songs that have become massive hits merely because the video is great, while the song is pretty rubbish. From that point of view, I think I've always preferred to listen to a song rather than look at it.
My writing ability all stems from the blues.
I suffered from some delusion that I wanted to be an English country girl, a Sloane Ranger donning the old Hunter boots and Barbour jacket to slosh around in mud with the Range Rover.
Anyone I don't know, in my emails or texts, I just delete. If it's someone legitimate, they'll send it again.
I'd been virtually doing nothing in the country in 16 years of being a retired lady. Being busy walking my dogs - actually not doing anything very constructive. I made one little solo album in my garage.
You get into your wellie boots and your Range Rover and, walking around with six inches of mud on your shoes, you get to forget about that more polished lifestyle.
