Christine McVie Quotes

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.

I'm quite reflective - I listen to music, I read, I walk with Django.

No, I do a bunch of things to entertain myself. I paint, I make music, I take photographs.

I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet.

The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know?

I don't watch TV. In my spare time, if I have any, I want to make music.

I'm obsessed by film. I'm obsessed with music and producing and making things happen.

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose.

When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.

Music is also a part of who I am so I'm thinking about recording an album.

If I could never work again and I could just listen to music and walk, I'd be very, very happy.

I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasn't really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.

I rented a house, recorded the stuff in a house. Just took my time 'cuz sometimes it's just rush, rush, rush. I just wanna live and play music.

I love to play music.

Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.

I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do that - whether it be film or television or theatre or whatever. I'm also still into music and recording.

Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant, and so is travelling, so I've to take time out to work on my albums because I'm passionate about creating my own music. When you love something dearly, you set your priorities accordingly.

There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by writing songs. I'd sit in my room for 10 hours playing the same song, stacking vocals, trying out different drum beats, realizing no one would ever hear this but having so much fun. I guess I got my voice from just doing that so often.

For the second album I look forward to doing a lot of serious collaboration and taking the experiences I've had over this last year, good and bad, and working it into the album.

I'm a player and I do it because I love playing whether it's for my album or someone else's.

I had all the material for a long time, but I was just too busy. Sometimes we'd sit around at home and sing some of these songs at family things, and everyone always said I should record them.

Acting comes first. I would love to make an album. I was at an event... for Dionne Warwick, and we got to go in the studio and go crazy. I love singing, but it's very time consuming. I have to make time for it.

I write and record all the time; it's my hobby and my passion.

I made an album I'm very proud of, and that's about it.

I have this fantasy of my older days, painting or sculpting or making things. I have this fantasy of a bike trip to Chile. I have this fantasy of flying into Morocco. But right now, it's about getting the work done and getting home to family. I have an adventure every morning, getting up.