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Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, best known as lead guitarist and one of the vocalists of the musical group Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987, and then 1997 to 2018. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and three live albums. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Buckingham was ranked 100th in Rolling Stone Magazine's 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Buckingham is known for his fingerpicking guitar style.

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

Confident, Instinct, Instincts, Trust

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

Equally, Interesting, Levels, Musical, Opera, Rumours

I lost my power in the world because I did not use it.

Philosophy, Power, Use, World

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.

Canvas, Form, Lead, Life, Paint, Starts

I'm also married for the first time, and I have two kids. So there's some kind of good karma right now.

Karma, Kids, Married, Time, Two

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.

Break Up, Drug Use, Exercise, Large, Time, Worse

I found out long ago, it's a long way down the holiday road. Holiday road, holiday road. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Take a ride on the West Coast kick. Holiday road.

Coast, Found, Holiday, Long Ago, Take, Travel

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

Lessons, Scales, Knows, Know, Take

Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.

Confounding, Expectations, Integrity, People, Way

When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making.

Fleetwood Mac, Like, Mac, Making, Painting, Process

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.

Down And, Felt, Giving, Learning, Maybe, Slow Down

All of my style came from listening to records.

Came, Listening, Records, Style

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.

Couple, Play, Work Out, Step, Seventh

The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing.

Different, Done, Point, Thing, Writing

I just find things that work and embellish them.

Embellish, Things, Work

If you're any good at all, you know you can be better.

Good, Ifs, Know, Knows, Maturity

This time, there were no drugs involved. The hours were completely normal daytime hours. I think we were able to appreciate the interplay, where before we had taken it for granted.

Appreciate, Completely, Granted, Interplay, Taken, Thinking

That's basically what's going on now: Everything is propaganda.

Basically, Everything, Propaganda