Lindsey Buckingham

Most people don't know who the hell I am. But that's not really important.

— Lindsey Buckingham

I also learned to be more confident, to trust my instincts more.

— Lindsey Buckingham

The want to return to the fold doesn't mean you can repeat history.

— Lindsey Buckingham

Those 12 years, they were ambiguous at best.

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

I actually like Taylor Swift. I admire what she's been able to do on some levels.

— Lindsey Buckingham

If you want to be an artist in the long run, it isn't necessarily a good axiom to repeat formulas over and…

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

I was always interested in listening to music - and, of course, when my older brother brought home 'Heartbreak Hotel,' that was…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I honestly think part of the appeal of 'Rumours' was that it was sort of heroic. We managed to push through in…

— 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…

— Lindsey Buckingham

If you go back to 'Louie Louie,' there's the whole element there, where you need to be able to appreciate what 'dumb'…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I do think my lyrics have gotten... not necessarily more poetic, but more open to interpretation; they're less literal.

— Lindsey Buckingham

My foundation is acoustic guitar, and it is finger-picking and all of that and sort of an orchestral style of playing. Lead…

— Lindsey Buckingham

You know, I was never totally thrilled with being a Fleetwood Mac member, but surprisingly, I was having such a good time…

— Lindsey Buckingham

When people just decide they're going to reconvene, there's no guarantee that they're going to have any of that chemistry. Sometimes people…

— 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…

— Lindsey Buckingham

There is a real joy to be able to get up and react to each other and appreciate the whole being greater…

— Lindsey Buckingham

When you become successful on the level that Fleetwood Mac did, it gives you financial freedom, which should allow you to follow…

— Lindsey Buckingham

If you look at the whole time I was in the band, I only did, like, three solo albums - two, really.…

— Lindsey Buckingham

After the success of 'Rumours,' we were in this zone with this certain scale of success. By that point, the success detaches…

— 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

Sometimes I wish we were the Eagles. That's one thing they've always been able to do is want the same thing for…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I liked 'Rumours,' but to me, there was some point where the focus became the sales, not the music.

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

If you are gonna participate in a band, you've got to be a band member in good standing, and you've got to…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I can't judge myself by 'God Only Knows.' No one writes songs as good as that.

— Lindsey Buckingham

When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making.

— 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…

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

Certainly, whatever I learn while I'm out solo, I bring back to Fleetwood Mac.

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

Arcade Fire seems to be doing very well; certainly, Phoenix is doing very well.

— Lindsey Buckingham

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull…

— Lindsey Buckingham

The thought of being on my own really terrified me. But then I realized being alone is really a cleansing thing.

— Lindsey Buckingham

We're not one of those bands that throws the names of all their songs in a hat and pulls them out right…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I don't read music. I've never had a lesson. I don't know anything about music other than what my inner knowledge is.

— 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