No, I can’t find that comment about Christine’s songs on stage right now, but I’ll find it. But he basically said that live, her songs weren’t showstoppers anyway [not that they weren’t good songs, he was talking about the stage], so her absence wouldn’t be felt as much as people thought.
Lindsey said in Guitar World Acoustic:
http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/articles/FMart111.html
That's true! I think Mick would say that his playing here is probably the best he's ever done. To some degree, Stevie, left to her own devices - not necessarily on her solo albums, but in the context of Fleetwood Mac - is, if not a more masculine presence, then certainly a more aggressive presence than when she's tempered by what Christine would bring to her songs.
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This is from the August 18, 1987 press conference the band did. The question was, “What are your feelings about Lindsey leaving?
Christine: I would say with a lot of understanding and certainly a little sadness, you know.
John: Yes, definitely sadness.
Christine: After twelve years of being with somebody it’s never easy. It’s like a sort of divorce, you know. I’m speaking for myself, I have all the musical respect in the world for Lindsey and we’ve never been tight friends, ut we’ve always had a lot of respect for one another. And I would like to think that at some point in the future that I could do something with him again. I don’t know when, but . . .
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[So looking for Lindsey's quote, I found other interesting things]
Lindsey on Howard in 2003: "Howard has his formulas and he's very much in control of certain aspects of the business side. He's not really concerned with anything creative, he's concerned with getting this project up and running and making Stevie the money that he feels he wants to make her."
John on Lindsey: Lindsey still pulls stuff out of the hat; he's an amazing guitar player, but he never gets recognized for that. And even though he's the band's producer, he hides his voice a bit. Mick and I are always mentioning with timid little voices, 'We can't really hear your vocals, Lindsey.'
November 2003 interview during the SYW tour, Stevie: "There's more psychic space. We can face off and really connect. We're able to be warm and loving and friendly and fun. There's a sweetness to it. Lindsey and I are really enjoying it? [She casts a sideways glance] Aren't we?"
Lindsey: Yes, we are."
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Article discusses the fact that
What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You almost went on Tango. "Stevie has no rancor about the song's total elimination, asserting with a sigh that FM usually prefers her 'stranger, more demented rock and roll.'"
Same article, Chris says of When I See You Again: "That was a little too down and depressing." So, it's position on the album was shifted. "To fill the gap, Christine took an existing instrumental track of Lindsey's and wrote 'You and I, Part II' a song that echoes her new beginning with Eddy quintela. 'There's a helpful, optimistic vibe to the song, of a new tomorrow,' she believes pointedly adding, "it's pop, but it's mature."
Billy Burnette: "five years ago, when I met Mick Fleetwood in the audience of a Dick Clark TV special, I wouldn't have guessed it'd lead to all this. The funny thing is, there was a band I was forming a few years back called the Cholos that Lindsey was seriously thinking of joining as an outside thing! Now that I've dealt with all these surprises, I want to provide what's expected of me."
Mick on Lindsey: "He wanted out before it sucked him in, into a world he has no real respect for. We all had a nice life, including him. But he's happy if he has a pair of jeans, a pair of sneakers, as long as his car works. Therefore, he didn't have the distractions. I enjoyed the life, Stevie enjoyed the life, Christine enjoyed the life. John was a bit more like Lindsey, not quite so lunatic. We had a ball until it got too much for anybody to handle."
Lindsey: “I talked to Don Henley one time about the Eagles, and it seemed like there was so little love or idealism left in that group of people and perhaps that’s more the norm for people our age. But we seem to be slightly more arrested, and I think there’s some potential for some good stuff because of that.”