Christine McVie

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

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. ”

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. ”

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

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

I write about unrequited love in a very optimistic way. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”