FastSaying

After the success of 'Rumours,' we were in this zone with this certain scale of success. By that point, the success detaches from the music, and the success becomes about the success. The phenomenon becomes about the phenomenon.

Related Quotes

As autobiographical as say the stuff on 'Rumours' was, I don't think we thought of it as such when we were writing it.
— Lindsey Buckingham
AutobiographicalRumoursSay
You come off the kind of commercial success that 'Rumours' had, and you see that there are limitations to that as well as freedoms.
— Lindsey Buckingham
ComeCommercialCommercial Success
Lyrically, you know, most of the things on 'Rumours' were very autobiographical and very much conversations the three writers were having with other members of the band.
— Lindsey Buckingham
AutobiographicalBandConversations
We really were poised to make 'Rumours 2,' and that could've been the beginning of kind of painting yourself into a corner in terms of living up to the labels that were being placed on you as a band.
— Lindsey Buckingham
BandBeenBeginning
You can look at 'Rumours' and say, 'Well, the album is bright, and it's clean, and it's sunny.' But everything underneath is so dark and murky. What was going on between us created a resonance that goes beyond the music itself.
— Lindsey Buckingham
AlbumBetweenBeyond