Christine McVie Quotes

Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention.

I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day.

There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.

All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together.

I'm having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.

I write songs, but the guys play on them, they have opinions on them, and we tour together and spend all our time together.

I love people. I love being in a band. I love making music.

Singing is what got me into everything and made me fall in love with this industry.

I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates.

Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.

Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.

I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

I've always been a good ensemble player.

I'm not here to battle anybody. In the end it's just an instrument. That shouldn't be a concept.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

I love working with Alicia Keys, because it's not just the ability to do the dance to me; I think it's the ability to interpret it that excites me the most.

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

The music is first and foremost everything - no egos, no attitude, nothing - it's about the music.

What's great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That's what theatre is about: other people getting you to give your best, and getting everyone else's best out of them.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.

I love getting into a studio with a bunch of friends. When the day's done, we've made something. We recognize that we're from different walks of the music industry, and there's no reason we shouldn't be collaborating. That's what I'm trying to create with thenewno2 - a sense of community.

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.

I love working with people who are inspired and obsessive.