Quotes from Christine McVie

WhatsApp I adore. I use it all the time with my friends.

Recording 'Tusk' was quite absurd. The studio contract rider for refreshments was like a telephone directory.

I felt very at home in California, but the place is prone to earthquakes, and the one in 1994 scared the life out of me. For months afterwards, I felt that every time I sat down, I should have put on a seatbelt.

With Fleetwood Mac, it's an amazing chemistry that we have on stage.

The old Fleetwood Mac was much better; they did some beautiful and, to my mind, very authentic blues. Chicken Shack did pretty well in Europe, but after I left, it was over.

Fleetwood Mac always take a long time to make a record - you know what.

I think there's a reason to go off and do something and experiment - splinter off and do something different. It keeps the nucleus of Fleetwood Mac fresh.

I left the band because I developed a terrible fear of flying.

I do like my wine.

Anyone I don't know, in my emails or texts, I just delete. If it's someone legitimate, they'll send it again.

I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well.

You get into your wellie boots and your Range Rover and, walking around with six inches of mud on your shoes, you get to forget about that more polished lifestyle.

I didn't open a restaurant, but I did go to a few cooking schools. It was too much like hard work!

Music left my life for a while, to be honest. It wasn't that I didn't like it, but you know, I'm not really a solo player.

I don't know what it is really... I think I'm just good with hooks.

I bought a house in England in 1990, shortly after my father died, hoping to come home to England and spend time with my family.

Everything is for the good in the end.

When you're in the same band as somebody, you're seeing them almost more than 24 hours a day. You start to see an awful lot of the bad side 'cause touring is no easy thing.

The 2018 tour is supposed to be a farewell tour. But you take farewell tours one at a time.

I'm pretty low-key. I travel fairly light, especially on the tour.

Before shows, we rub elbows and growl. It started once when someone had a cold, and we didn't want to hug each other. So we started rubbing elbows. And we don't kiss. We just go, 'Grrrr!'

I was actually qualified to be an art teacher, but I didn't want to teach.

I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.

My songwriting, when I'm writing, is nothing like it is in its finished form - but you have to start somewhere.