I don’t think there’s any reason to spend a year and an amazing amount of money on a record that, even if it has great things, isn’t going to sell. If the music business were different, I might feel different. Until then, I wish them the best in whatever they do.ĭo you want to make a new record with them? I will be back with them at the end of the year for, I think, another tour. Christine was gone for 16 years and came back, did a massive tour, and then it’s like, “Now I’m just gonna go back to London and sit in my castle for two years”? She wanted to keep working. I’ve been on the road since last September, so I don’t understand their premise. It seems like it started as a Fleetwood Mac album, but you chose not to participate. Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie are about to release an album as a duo.
And I knew that in 1981: that me having a solo career would only make Fleetwood Mac better. Having both, for a Gemini like myself, is perfect.
But in my solo career, I get to be the boss. What have 42 years as a member of Fleetwood Mac taught you about compromise?Ī lot, because when you’re in a band you have to be part of the team. “In my solo career, I get to be the boss.” I wanted so badly to do what I’m doing right now. After eight years of Klonopin, I was just gonna follow my muse, and if somebody came into my life, they would always end up being second. I had one girlfriend in Los Angeles in those years, so I really had a lot of different types of men in my life that I really got to know and respect. Lindsey and I lived together like married people. I understood men pretty well in my twenties. Wonderful' & 'Then Play On' the driving force of Peter Green had deteriorated as he lapsed into a. What do you understand about men that you didn’t understand in your twenties? Founded in London in July 1967 (by ex- Bluesbreakers members, Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood), 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac' instantly became a major force in the UK blues scene, along with their eponymous first album. In your heart of hearts, you know what’s best for you.” So what I would tell my 40-year-old self: “Don’t listen to other people. And you know why? Because I went along with what everybody else thought. That was the prime of my life, and he stole it. Maybe I would have gotten married, maybe I would have had a baby, maybe I would have made three or four more great albums with Fleetwood Mac. This is the man who made me go from 123 pounds to almost 170 pounds at five feet two. But all my business managers and everyone were urging me to go to this guy who was supposedly the darling of the psychiatrists. referencing Fleetwood Mac (LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered) 530137-1 This version is really amazing - silent backgrounds as noted, and the dynamics rival my more expensive 'audiophile' 45 rpm pressings Ive paid up for - very much worth picking up. How about my early-forties self? That’s when I walked out of Betty Ford after beating coke. What advice would you give to your younger self? After spending two weeks with my family for the holidays, which was long and emotionally difficult, I know that’s super hard. Michelle Obama, because she has such an optimistic outlook and she was able to move into the White House with kids and do such a beautiful, graceful job. That’s been my mantra my whole life: Don’t endanger my show.ħ0 Greatest Music Documentaries of All Time It breaks my heart, but what comes first? Don’t endanger my show. I have a lot of friends from high school and college who want to hang out when I play in their city. I have a piece of typewritten paper here that says, “You keep going and you don’t stop.” You do your vocal lesson. Nicks took some time recently to share her wisdom on drugs, relationships, aging and why her solo career was vital to Fleetwood Mac’s success. In December, Nicks wrapped an extensive solo tour, and in July, she and her Fleetwood Mac bandmates will co-headline a pair of high-profile classic-rock fests in L.A. “I think it’s because they didn’t try.”Īt 68, the legendary singer-songwriter is staying as busy as ever. “I see lots of people my age, and lots of people who are younger than me, and I think, ‘Wow, those people look really old,'” she tells Rolling Stone. Stevie Nicks doesn’t have much sympathy for peers who are aging less gracefully than her.
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