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Originally Posted by michelej1
And I am 100% sure that he still would have joined FM with her. Maybe he would have even listened to a couple of FM albums back to front as well. Although, he might like to play "sliding doors" a little and find out what could have happened if BN had still been on their own when they were welcomed in Birmingham.
Can't complain, standing in the Bel Air rain.
Michele
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Oh, but eventually everyone gets tamed...
As for the matter of joining FM or not, he approaches talking about it differently than Stevie. She generally likes to do her 'LINDSEY regrets joining cos we probably would've stayed in SF, got married, had kids' spiel and occasionally throws in a 'and sometimes I think we may have as well' type sentiment. Lindsey, on the other hand, doesn't mention it as much:
1992
"And there are times I wonder what would have happened if, say Stevie and I had continued on whatever path we were on, with that little cult thing going on down South."
2003
The closing, six million dollar question goes to Lindsey Buckingham. And, to his credit, he actually tries to answer it honestly. The question I put to him is this; which would he rather have saved - Fleetwood Mac or his relationship with Stevie? "Oh boy. What an interesting question. What a tough question" he says seemingly not quite sure how best to answer it. And then eventually: "I’m 53, with a beautiful wife and two beautiful children, so I can’t say that my life has gone any other way than the way it was supposed to." So destiny rules? I ask, name-checking one of those Stevie Nicks songs that sounds like it could be about him. Buckingham laughs. “Yes”
2011
"I spent a lot of time with Stevie when she was, uh, making her solo album this last year and we spent a lot of really nice quality time - I've known Stevie since I was in high school so, y'know, it's, uh, nice to think there might be a chapter of two left to play out."
Mm. Professionally?
"Yes."
Yeah.
"Absolutely."
You know, when I sat down with Stevie, very much like this, in her home when her new album came out, she said this about you: she said, first of all that she loves you to death and you're the best of friends and she's so happy for you and your family and wife and she couldn't be happier. But she said this, she said that if she, if you guys had not left San Francisco and moved to Los Angeles that you would still be together, more than likely married, but that you would still be successful.
"Mm."
How do you feel about that?
"Well, that's a nice thought. Uh, you know, it's so hard to second guess events that have transpired and what a different road might have meant. *edit cut* What did happen was meant to happen the way it did and I personally couldn't be happier with the way things have turned out."