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Originally Posted by Lindsfan

Well, first off, Lindsey (as well as Stevie and Mick) is a diva sometimes but he's also a really great guy, and an intelligent guy with more talent than any one man should have! His music isn't one dimensional and so it doesn't surprise me that you can't listen at all to some of it, and find other songs of his to be stellar. Even us Buckheads have stuff of his we can't listen to. But everything he does he does with all his heart, and what I really love is how honest he is in his lyrics and performance. He's not afraid to bare himself. You mentioned End of Time. Gone Too Far is another from Seeds We sow that almost brings me to tears. I didn't care for it at first. It seemed too generic. But then the lyrics hit me and it started to grow on me. His songs can be like that. I like too, how he often has such upbeat, pop melodies, but then you listen to the lyrics and think, my god, is he okay? He really is as underappreciated in his lyrics as he is in his guitar playing, and I think even he doesn't get that he's actually an amazing lyricist. He writes himself off as a stylist, which, yeah, he is. But his lyrics are by no means second rate. Far from it. I'm glad you gave him another chance Keep digging and I'm sure you'll find plenty more to love. That goes for his guitar too. Yes, some of it is frantic, but then some of it is just gorgeous. Some is jaw-dropping. And btw, I hope you don't write off his personality either. His diva side actually rarely comes out any more, lol and while his fans love his music, and his playing (and his singing, for that matter!), we adore the man himself, because he's good to us, and because he's endlessly fascinating.

wow what a beautiful and welcoming post Lindsfan!

Originally Posted by Desiree

Very cool what you wrote...and lovely what a family and especially 2 little girls can do to a man. Who would ever have thought this year could happen, because as staged as it is, it is also different in a good and noticible way!

while family is probably responsible for a lot or maybe even most of Lindsey's current peacefulness and happiness i think we shouldn't necessarily jump to conclusions such as "especially 2 little girls". you said you are SN fan first, and i've noticed that many of her fans take as done deal a lot of the stuff she says, even though she usually seems to say one thing and a year later something completely opposite... i know she said something about girls softening him up and that's probably where your stating this particular conclusion as a done deal comes from. but she also said "he never smiles" which is utter nonsense as anybody who has met Lindsey in the last 2 years or has been to an FM show in the last 3 months knows .

i think Lindsey has worked hard on being the man he is today, and it's not by chance that he never leaves out "the importance and power of change" when introducing BL. family, stability, shrinkage (that we all assume he has had a lot of), living more or less normal life (for a celebrity millionaire ), going places, walking around towns, enjoying life, meeting people, and collecting new experiences appear to all be what contributed and are a part of who he is today. i loved what Louie wrote in another thread:

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I love this new LB of the past couple years, too. He finally seems like he's comfortable in his own skin. He's comfortable with who he was, he's comfortable with who he is, and he's comfortable with wherever life takes him from here. For someone who has seemed so insecure for all of his professional life, it's wonderful to see him at peace after all these years.