"The affairs dented my self respect"

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Christine McVie: ‘No amount of money, I knew, could buy me love or peace of mind’ - Fin Costello/Redferns
“A lot of [life],” she went on, “was going through the motions, and I was deferring actual living. For what? To satisfy the insatiable, ever-increasing demands of a record company? To keep the band going? To help keep the rest of them, the profligates, afloat? To make sure the fans carried on buying our records and seeing our shows, which in turn fed the record company? And there was that moment when I saw myself as a hamster in a wheel. I was rich beyond anything 15-year-old me could ever have imagined, ‘just’ from making music. But no amount of money, I knew, could buy me love or peace of mind. I woke up. I just didn’t want to live that lifestyle any more.”

Christine withdrew in 1990, and bought a manor house back in England. The band played on. Stevie Nicks was now immersed in a massive solo career. They regrouped for Bill Clinton’s presidential inauguration in January 1993, and four years later toured a live album, The Dance. After the New York performance at the Grammys, Christine left the band for good, blaming aviophobia, and moved into her renovated Kentish manor.

It can be deduced that since the early 90s she wanted to get away from the hectic life of bands and tours. Or even before.

"It's like a living thing, this Fleetwood Mac. It's a source stronger than its various members. Christine McVie"

That quote is from Mick's book, written just after the "Comeback" chapter title; the one that describes the birth of Tango, its sessions, and Lindsey's departure. It's not specified when she said it. It could be during 1985-87, or any other time, though definitely before Behind the Mask was released, cause Mick ends the book mentioning that the album is in progress.

I'd like to know when she said that, cause it would be easier to understand if she still felt positively involved in an endless Fleetwood Mac, or that the band would continue to live without her, when she said that.