Mick Fleetwood Quotes

Yes's whole career was never really planned in any sort of way. It's always sad when a member leaves, but it's exciting when someone new comes in, and that regenerates the freshness of the band.

Well, the announcement to say that I was no longer a member of Vampire Weekend was something that was in the works for a long time. I knew that it was the right choice for me.

Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group.

In a way, that's always been Yes' history to a large extent! Quite a few occasions when we've had a new band member or change in members, then we've done a new album with new chops and refreshed the musical approach.

My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.

You know, I was never totally thrilled with being a Fleetwood Mac member, but surprisingly, I was having such a good time reuniting with John, Mick, and Stevie.

I don't think anyone ever plans to change line-ups, but it's something that comes with being in bands. I was in a band once and there were always problems - members come and go - and some of the world's biggest bands have changed line-ups loads!

But of course it's different now, the blues is no longer blues, it's green now.

For me, none of the albums after 'Tusk' quite had it. I think we lost something after that.

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 would like to confirm that Perri Reid was the only person who ever suggested that Chilli leave TLC.

We've always connected musically in Fleetwood Mac because we're the only people who play more than one note. I'm not the best pianist, but I know how to interlace around what Lindsey's playing.

I will stop nasal singing. I will change if the time comes. I am 100% sure about it. The day I feel people are loving some different kind of music, I will opt for it and change myself.

A lot of bands change, and a lot of bands break up, but only a few grow.

What's that man's real name anyway? It's not will.i.am, is it? He thinks he's got all the answers, but if he didn't have Fergie in the band, where would he be? Fergie is the real star. I would love her on 'The X Factor,' and to be a judge on the show.

I don't know what to say… There's always animosity when a singer leaves a band. It's like you're a football team and the quarterback just split for more money on another team.

Fleetwood Mac is just one of my all-time favorite bands.

When we are at the end of life, to die means to go away; when we are at the beginning, to go away means to die.

You can never go back to the first two albums in a career.

So something had begun, and now she could not stop it. Twin threads ran through her: fear and excitement. She could leave this place today. She could start a new life somewhere else.

Goodbyes are on of the hardest things about life. One way or another people were always leaving... Always moving on.

Death is never an ending, death is a change; Death is beautiful, for death is strange; Death is one dream out of another flowing.

When I clicked into this idea of doing a band and examining a band as a dysfunctional family, I wanted to reverse that Rescue Me formula.

As an actor, you realize that your whole life is about arrivals and departures. You're always meeting people, you get really close, and then you all have to leave.

I'll start with the Beatles, and I'll bookend it with Soundgarden.