A biography for Lindsey Buckinghamhasn’t been written yet.
“That really was a lot of the appeal of 'Rumours.' The music was wonderful, but the music was also authentic because it was two couples breaking up and writing dialogue to each other. It was also appealing because we were rising to the occasion to follow our destiny.”
“'Tusk' was clearly a line in the sand that I drew.”
“One of the things about Fleetwood Mac, you gotta say, is that it's not very often that you get everyone to want the same thing at the same time.”
“I do think my lyrics have gotten... not necessarily more poetic, but more open to interpretation; they're less literal.”
“Lyrically, you know, most of the things on 'Rumours' were very autobiographical and very much conversations the three writers were having with other members of the band.”
“There is a lot of pressure to top yourself... to come up with a 'Rumours II,' and that seemed like a trap.”
“Those 12 years, they were ambiguous at best.”
“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.”
“The want to return to the fold doesn't mean you can repeat history.”
“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.”
“The rest of the band had a cynical view towards the way 'Tusk' was made and the reasons why I thought it was important to move into new territory. It wasn't just negativity. There was open hostility. Then I got a certain amount of flak because it didn't sell as many as 'Rumours.'”
“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.”
“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.”
“We're not one of those bands that throws the names of all their songs in a hat and pulls them out right before they go on stage.”
“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.”
“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.”
“When Stevie and I joined the band, we were in the midst of breaking up, as were John and Christine. By the time Rumours was being recorded, things got worse in terms of psychology and drug use. It was a large exercise in denial - in order for me to get work done.”
“Fleetwood Mac was one big lesson in adaptation for me. There were five very different personalities, and I suppose that made it great for a while.”
“I was playing a Fender Telecaster when I first joined.”
“Creating a set list is like making a running order for an album. Certain things get pitted against one another that make more sense. One song sets another one off, or it might diminish it. You're just constantly looking for the next thing that's gonna make sense in a particular place.”