Song Quotes by Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— Lindsey Buckingham

I was playing a Fender Telecaster when I first joined.

— Lindsey Buckingham

If you talk about the 'Tango in the Night' album, the reason I didn't do that tour was because the album took…

— 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

There's a certain kind of idealism attached to 'Tusk' as a subtext to the music, and I think people now can respond…

— Lindsey Buckingham

It's always been based around the song, and guitar-playing in the service of the song... The sensibility is about songs. I like…

— Lindsey Buckingham

Fleetwood Mac was one big lesson in adaptation for me. There were five very different personalities, and I suppose that made it…

— Lindsey Buckingham

We really were poised to make 'Rumours 2,' and that could've been the beginning of kind of painting yourself into a corner…

— Lindsey Buckingham

Defining something being a Fleetwood Mac song is calling it a Fleetwood Mac song, you know? Nothing becomes Fleetwood Mac until that's…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I'm not that knowledgeable with the guitar - I just find ways that are pretty creative, but it's all within the framework…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I've been playing since I was about 7. I never really used a pick very much. I mean, once in a while,…

— Lindsey Buckingham

There is nothing like this extended family that is Fleetwood Mac. And I think you have to say, for all the perceived…

— Lindsey Buckingham

After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string down a…

— 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

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

The rest of the band had a cynical view towards the way 'Tusk' was made and the reasons why I thought it…

— Lindsey Buckingham

When you work with a band, obviously you've got to present them with something they can get a hold of, so it…

— Lindsey Buckingham

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

— 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