The value of friends has always been a natural thing. I prefer too many to too few.

Fleetwood Mac were really accessible musically, but lyrically and emotionally, we weren't so easy. And it was our music that helped us survive. But all of us were in pieces personally.

I love wearing a lot of color, and I am majorly into scarves. I'm the Beau Brummell of Fleetwood Mac, no doubt.

We're all looking for those moments - a relief. That's why people go out and treat themselves.

The down side these days is thinking that, “I can do this all on my own”. Yes, you can do this on your own but you’ll be a much happier human being if you do it with other human beings.

Rock and roll is commitment. Rock and roll is passion and spirit.

Fleetwood Mac has been pretty truthful. Open about what we do. We've always done it from the inside out. Versus being pressured from the outside and changing the inside. And that's our story.

My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is.

John Lee Hooker became a friend of mine and I love all of his work. He was truly an icon. He lived the life. I miss him.

In order to run a great business, you must know that a bunch of really intrinsically unhappy people, that's not a recipe for success. Don't be anywhere you don't need to be; it's just like that.

Life is a glass of wine and having your feet washed - it's a biblical event, might I add. This is part of mankind's story. You are always looking for a moment to take a break.

An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy.

Unfortunately, unapproachable leaders create a tense environment that may prevent their people from bringing their best strengths and talents or challenges and solutions forward.

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

Some people play the piano, some do Sudoku, some watch television, some people go out to dinner parties. I write books.

With relatively few exceptions, the novel sacrifices too much, for me, on the altar of plot.

I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself.

If you were a gentleman, you would offer to buy me one as well." "If you were a lady, you would have waited for me to make the offer.

Everyone brings their own perceptions when reading a book about a real person. At the end they will take away whatever they wish.

The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.

The A-bomb is dynamite.