Christine Mcvie Quotes

My contribution is the romance and the warmth. The love songs.

- Christine McVie

Love, Contribution, Romance, Warmth

Recording 'Tusk' was quite absurd. The studio contract rider for refreshments was like a telephone directory.

- Christine McVie

Like, Studio, Absurd, Contract

I wanted to restore an ancient house in Kent, and that's what I did. It was a heap - this Tudor building with the beams painted lime green, so hideous. And I had this idea that I'd love the small village life, with the Range Rover and the dogs and baking cookies for the Y.W.C.A. But then it got so boring.

- Christine McVie

Love, Small, Painted, Baking

I want to go out and do things... not just stick around having room service for two days.

- Christine McVie

Want, Go, Having, Room Service

I try to say I love you in a million different ways. That's what I aspire to do. That's what I do best.

- Christine McVie

Love, I Love You, Say, Million

My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves.

- Christine McVie

Pretty, Themselves, Songs, Pointed

The 2018 tour is supposed to be a farewell tour. But you take farewell tours one at a time.

- Christine McVie

Time, Take, Supposed, Farewell

You get into your wellie boots and your Range Rover and, walking around with six inches of mud on your shoes, you get to forget about that more polished lifestyle.

- Christine McVie

More, Six, About, Polished

I always did have a kind of candle shining for Peter Green. I mean, he was my god.

- Christine McVie

Green, Always, Peter, Shining

I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well.

- Christine McVie

Think, Pretty, I Think, Adjusted

I felt very at home in California, but the place is prone to earthquakes, and the one in 1994 scared the life out of me. For months afterwards, I felt that every time I sat down, I should have put on a seatbelt.

- Christine McVie

Very, Afterwards, Months, Earthquakes

There were a lot of bad feelings when Lindsey first left the band. But there's been a lot of healing going on, growing up, maturing. The bond is a great deal stronger than what we first thought.

- Christine McVie

Bad, Deal, Been, Maturing

I'm rather old-fashioned about this video business. It's all relatively new. We really don't do videos, Fleetwood Mac. We've only done two.

- Christine McVie

Business, New, Rather, Mac

The old Fleetwood Mac was much better; they did some beautiful and, to my mind, very authentic blues. Chicken Shack did pretty well in Europe, but after I left, it was over.

- Christine McVie

Mind, Some, Over, Mac

We've always connected musically in Fleetwood Mac because we're the only people who play more than one note. I'm not the best pianist, but I know how to interlace around what Lindsey's playing.

- Christine McVie

Best, Play, Note, Mac

Fleetwood Mac always take a long time to make a record - you know what.

- Christine McVie

Long Time, Always, Take, Mac

With Fleetwood Mac, it's an amazing chemistry that we have on stage.

- Christine McVie

Amazing, Chemistry, Stage, Mac

I dearly remember the old days... Fleetwood Mac had this one-of-a-kind charm. They were gregarious, charming and cheeky onstage. Very cheeky. They'd have a good time.

- Christine McVie

Old, Very, Had, Mac

I was in Tower Records in San Francisco a few weeks ago, buying some cassettes, and a couple of people recognized me and ran up with albums, and I just wanted to cover my face and have a seizure or something. I want people to just go away.

- Christine McVie

Some, Couple, Francisco, Seizure

I'm pretty low-key. I travel fairly light, especially on the tour.

- Christine McVie

Light, Pretty, Fairly, Low-Key

I couldn't go anywhere unless there was a security guard with me. That spoiled my life. It was like being in captivity. Those days are gone, and I don't ever want to see that happen to me again. Now I can wander around the streets of Los Angeles on my own. I like it that way.

- Christine McVie

My Life, Streets, Guard, Wander

Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for a bit of honest writing.

- Christine McVie

Learn, Instrument, Plenty, Floating

I'm quite a domestic person by nature, and the nomad thing had got a bit stale on me, really.

- Christine McVie

Nature, Had, Bit, Nomad

We all enjoyed the success of Rumours obviously.

- Christine McVie

Success, Obviously, Enjoyed, Rumours

'Mirage' was an attempt to get back into the flow that 'Rumours' had. But we missed a vital ingredient. That was the passion.

- Christine McVie

Missed, Mirage, Ingredient, Rumours

I suffered from some delusion that I wanted to be an English country girl, a Sloane Ranger donning the old Hunter boots and Barbour jacket to slosh around in mud with the Range Rover.

- Christine McVie

Country, Delusion, Some, Boots

I had the feeling every time I was on a plane everyone was going to die. It was a horrible phobia. A stupid one.

- Christine McVie

Stupid, Die, Plane, Every Time

I have a lot to be grateful to L.A. for, but I overstayed my welcome by 28 years. I was only meant to be there for six months.

- Christine McVie

Grateful, Six, Meant, Meant To Be

I do like my wine.

- Christine McVie

Like, Wine

I don't have the ability to be a diva. I can't flaunt. I don't have that kind of stage presence. I think of myself as just a band member.

- Christine McVie

Think, Kind, I Think, Diva

It's such a diva thing, but I need one room for my suitcases and one for me.

- Christine McVie

Me, Need, Thing, Diva

There's a whole bunch of unfinished stuff. Then I've got books of lyrics. I find it frustrating to finish a song and not be able to record it... so I don't write a million songs.

- Christine McVie

Song, Whole, Then, Lyrics

I think there's a reason to go off and do something and experiment - splinter off and do something different. It keeps the nucleus of Fleetwood Mac fresh.

- Christine McVie

Think, Reason, I Think, Fresh

Anyone I don't know, in my emails or texts, I just delete. If it's someone legitimate, they'll send it again.

- Christine McVie

Again, Delete, Emails, Send

Before shows, we rub elbows and growl. It started once when someone had a cold, and we didn't want to hug each other. So we started rubbing elbows. And we don't kiss. We just go, 'Grrrr!'

- Christine McVie

Want, Other, Before, Hug

You have to start laughing at yourself at some point.

- Christine McVie

Yourself, Start, Some, Laughing

Everything is for the good in the end.

- Christine McVie

Good, End, Everything, In The End

I did make a solo album in my house when I was there. And because I was just afraid of flying, I wouldn't promote it, and I wouldn't tour. Actually, it wasn't a very good album anyway - it got buried underneath the pits of Hell, I suppose.

- Christine McVie

Very, Buried, Pits, Underneath

The rock n' roll lifestyle did have its perks, but it wasn't all limos and parties in the early days.

- Christine McVie

Lifestyle, Roll, Early Days, Perks

I write about unrequited love in a very optimistic way.

- Christine McVie

Love, Very, Optimistic, Unrequited

Eventually, I had to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life. I needed to find my way back to Fleetwood Mac.

- Christine McVie

My Life, Going, Figure, Mac

I left the band because I developed a terrible fear of flying.

- Christine McVie

Flying, Band, Left, Terrible

I tend to like the traditional sound: three-part harmonies, guitar, and piano. I mean, a well-played guitar is a joy forever... or something.

- Christine McVie

Sound, Something, Like, Harmonies

There are so many songs that have become massive hits merely because the video is great, while the song is pretty rubbish. From that point of view, I think I've always preferred to listen to a song rather than look at it.

- Christine McVie

I Think, Rather, Video, Preferred

When you're in the same band as somebody, you're seeing them almost more than 24 hours a day. You start to see an awful lot of the bad side 'cause touring is no easy thing.

- Christine McVie

Bad, Awful Lot, Almost, 24 Hours

You can only mend the vase so many times before you have to chuck it away.

- Christine McVie

Away, Before, Times, Chuck

I'd been virtually doing nothing in the country in 16 years of being a retired lady. Being busy walking my dogs - actually not doing anything very constructive. I made one little solo album in my garage.

- Christine McVie

Country, Been, Very, Solo

Music left my life for a while, to be honest. It wasn't that I didn't like it, but you know, I'm not really a solo player.

- Christine McVie

My Life, Like, While, Solo

'Hold Me' was a nightmare! It was the middle of the desert in Palm Springs, in the height of summer. I don't know what possessed us to do that. But we sometimes do crazy things.

- Christine McVie

Palm, Middle, Springs, Height

If the right guy pops the question, I'll say yes.

- Christine McVie

Question, Yes, Pops, Right Guy

I don't know what it is really... I think I'm just good with hooks.

- Christine McVie

Think, Know, I Think, Hooks

My writing ability all stems from the blues.

- Christine McVie

Writing, Ability, Stems, Blues

I still like to play the blues more than anything else.

- Christine McVie

Play, Like, Still, Blues

I wouldn't think a blues album would be that commercially successful, but I don't really care. I'd do it for the love of blues, not for the money. I've got plenty of money.

- Christine McVie

Love, Think, Album, Blues

I haven't lost my blues roots.

- Christine McVie

Roots, Lost, Blues

As long as I can make a phone call and do a WhatsApp, I'm fine.

- Christine McVie

Phone, Call, WhatsApp, Phone Call

For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song.

- Christine McVie

Song, Prime, Stevie, Moving

It really comes down to Mick. He's the one who was constantly trying to get these five people in one room together. This is his love, his baby. It's his band, and there's nothing more he loves to do than get up on stage and play with us.

- Christine McVie

Love, Play, Constantly, Band

I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them.

- Christine McVie

Music, Like, Idea, Band

I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.

- Christine McVie

Some, Having, Turned, Spoiled

I actually enjoyed making 'Tango In The Night.'

- Christine McVie

Night, Making, Actually, Tango

I bought a house in England in 1990, shortly after my father died, hoping to come home to England and spend time with my family.

- Christine McVie

Father, England, Bought, Hoping

I sang and played keyboard, so I was virtually a statue at the back of the stage. I'm not complaining about that; I enjoyed that role.

- Christine McVie

Role, Keyboard, Virtually, Enjoyed

I didn't open a restaurant, but I did go to a few cooking schools. It was too much like hard work!

- Christine McVie

Work, Restaurant, Like, Schools

My songwriting, when I'm writing, is nothing like it is in its finished form - but you have to start somewhere.

- Christine McVie

Songwriting, Like, Form, Finished

Stevie Winwood played like I'd never heard anybody play before. It just gave me goose bumps.

- Christine McVie

Play, Like, Before, Stevie

To some extent, I've always felt that the music should be the thing that creates the emotion in you, rather than a video.

- Christine McVie

Some, Always, Extent, Creates

I'm looking more like my dogs every day - it must be the shaggy fringe and the ears.

- Christine McVie

Pet, More, Like, Fringe

I was by no means a nun.

- Christine McVie

Means, Nun

My ears are really good. I'm a good listener.

- Christine McVie

Good, Listener, Really, Ears

WhatsApp I adore. I use it all the time with my friends.

- Christine McVie

Time, Use, Adore, WhatsApp

I don't sing about politics or anything like that. I sing about love. That's what I know about.

- Christine McVie

Love, Politics, Like, Sing

I wanted to have a home where I could go home and unlock my door and go in and be settled. I was tired of being a gypsy.

- Christine McVie

Door, Gypsy, Unlock, Go Home

I have always needed other musicians to bounce off.

- Christine McVie

Always, Other, Bounce, Musicians

I enjoy my money, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'd certainly rather be rich than poor.

- Christine McVie

Enjoy, Rather, Certainly, Ashamed

I find it hard to get excited by just a sound. I have to have a song there, then I'll find what used I can make of that sound within the song.

- Christine McVie

Song, Sound, Within, Excited

Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.

- Christine McVie

Best, Some, Songs, Minutes

I don't think talent or the gift ever goes away.

- Christine McVie

Gift, Think, Ever, Talent

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