Lindsey Buckingham Quotes

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Lindsey Buckingham

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 3, 1949

You know, I was never totally thrilled with being a Fleetwood Mac member, but surprisingly, I was having such a good time reuniting with John, Mick, and Stevie.

Lindsey Buckingham

One thing I admire about the Eagles is they always seem to know what they want. They always seem to know why they want it. They always seem to want it at the same time.

Lindsey Buckingham

There have been several occasions during the course of Fleetwood Mac over the years where we've had to undermine whatever the business axioms might be to sort of keep aspiring as an artist in the long term, and the 'Tusk' album was one of those times.

Lindsey Buckingham

You work in a band, and it tends to be more like moviemaking, I think. It tends to be more of a conscious, verbalized and, to some degree, political process.

Lindsey Buckingham

I think when you work alone - the way I do it, anyway - you could sort of liken it to painting, where there's sort of a one-on-one with the canvas.

Lindsey Buckingham

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

Lindsey Buckingham

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

Lindsey Buckingham

I'm not really concerned with the outer success.

Lindsey Buckingham

Warner Bros. never really got behind the solo work. They always kind of drew a blank. I think they always were thinking, 'Well, this is nice, but let's get back to what's really important.'

Lindsey Buckingham

My personal life is fairly barren.

Lindsey Buckingham

A house full of new furniture doesn't mean a whole lot.

Lindsey Buckingham

I love to be in the studio. That's what I like to do best.

Lindsey Buckingham

I'm trying to break down preconceptions about what pop music is.

Lindsey Buckingham

I don't know what 'genius' even means. It's just a matter of keeping your eye on the ball.

Lindsey Buckingham

You just get out there and be what you want to be. That's part of evolving and part of staying true to yourself - part of remaining alive in a real authentic, long-term sense creatively: not listening to what other people tell you to be.

Lindsey Buckingham

That's one of the real downfalls of celebrity. You're something that's about you at some point, and that gets latched onto and pumped into the machinery. Then you start having a million other people telling you who you are, and what you should be doing and why, and it's easy to lose your way.

Lindsey Buckingham

As autobiographical as say the stuff on 'Rumours' was, I don't think we thought of it as such when we were writing it.

Lindsey Buckingham

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

Lindsey Buckingham

When I was a kid, and Elvis Presley broke through to a middle class, white audience, it was a sociological phenomenon that lasted through the Beatles and even a bit through Fleetwood Mac.

Lindsey Buckingham

I seldom look back.

Lindsey Buckingham