Dumbest Things Lindsey Has Ever Said Onstage

[Kelly]

It's always been interesting to me how Stevie's story "changed" several years after Lindsey left. At first, she was bitter and proclaimed she was so relieved and happy to be rid of Linds and working with Rick and Billy. A couple of years later she started saying she "didn't want to be in the band anymore without Lindsey" and she "should have left when he did". I think Stevie took his leaving much harder than she would ever admit and was actually quite distraught by the whole thing. She always tried to portray herself as the "strong one", the one who could handle being around the new girlfriends, the one who didn't need him anymore, either emotionally or professionally. I guess she still does this to some extent although not nearly as much as she used to.

I think when Lindsey left Fleetwood Mac it had a deep impact on Stevie...much moreso than any of us probably realize.
All the ties were now broken...there was nothing chaining them together anymore. This period in Stevie's life has always fascinated me....the depths of despair she slipped into with the klonopin, the loss of her creativity, the loss of her ambition, the isolation, the way she changed physically, the lack of self esteem. She really spiralled downward after the 87 incident. (I know she was on her way down for a few years before that too). Something happened in 93 to wake her up...perhaps seeing Lindsey at the Clinton gig made her realize how low she had gotten.

As for the rest of it, I was distraught when he left in 87 but actually it really turned out to be the best thing. It made the Dance Reunion so much more significant. Without those years to grow and heal for Lindsey, who knows if they would be together now. I doubt it.