Lindsey Buckingham Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“When I work alone, it can be like dabbling with a canvas. Maybe you paint over bits, and it starts to form its own life and lead you off in a direction. It becomes an intuitive, subconscious process.”

“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.”

“But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.”

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

“Another thing that was unique about working on this stuff was that I was engineering it. I used many of the things I had learned while I was away from the band. It sort of vindicated my decision to leave in '87.”

“After a couple of failed attempts, I came up with a weird tuning where I was dropping the G string down a step so that it became a seventh, and it got me to a place where I could play all these figures fairly easily. It was not an easy thing to work out.”

“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.”

“I didn't take lessons, and I don't know my scales.”

“Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera.”

“That's one strength that Stevie has. She's really not a strong instrumentalist in any way. Her instrument is her voice and her words. And it keeps her focused on the very center of that.”