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Originally Posted by elle
he's actually total opposite - he keeps saying that he doesn't know how stuff will turn out so he doesn't want to do it etc etc. i do think he's pretty secure in his talent. just not secure in all ways he can easily manifest it. like his perfectionism, the need to get the song just perfectly the way he wants it before performing it live. some of the times we got him to do stuff by request at his solo shows, and he would be stressing about how bad and unrehearsed it was after he played it - while everybody in the audience was stunned how great and off the cuff it was, feeling privileged we witnessed something extraordinary. at the 92Y Q&A the RS interviewer couldn't help himself remarking how much Lindsey hated having to tune his guitar in front of the live audience - and how special it was for us to experience it!
see that's insecurity, thinking they'd not be interesting enough if he just ad-lib-ed them. and introversion, i guess.
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Good point. Interesting what you mentioned about his solo shows. I think insecurity is the root for most of it, as it probably is for a lot of other people as well. That reminds me of the 'Lindsey Buckingham: Lonely Guy' article where he keeps telling the reporter things like 'do you want to play croquet? I really don't do anything, I knew it would be boring' etc.