Stevie: Well, I'm glad., see, I learned along time ago, never to expect. Because I think that was something that was instilled in me when I was really small. Don't expect anything. Not that you can't be confident about it. But just don't expect the greatest things and then you won't be disappointed. And then if great things do happen, you'll be much more excited and happy about it. Then if you just said i know it's hit record. Ya know, and then what if it isn't. Then you're devastated. And it's like, I don't particular like being devastated so, I just thought a long time ago that I would take in my stride whatever happened, especially, ya know especially with my solo records being that they were solo records that means that yes, of course they're more personal. Of course I'm giving away a whole lot more of myself um, of course, as my mother says to me, too honest for the world sometimes. And 'em so I never know exactly how people are going to take them. But every time I do a solo record I get more... convinced that the more honest I am with everybody withy what happens in my life and what has happened and what has gone on, and how I've managed to get to this point. And still have my sanity, um... the better. And the more people understand it, that this is real and these aren't made up songs... and that uh, that I'm really I'm really ya know that I'm really trying to do a whole lot more than sing songs to people. That I'm not...

Redbeard: What are you trying to do then?

S: I'm trying to give out a little experience to people I think. Maybe run by them in a fantasy sort of way experiences that I've been through that may save them a little bit of time. A little bit of hard time. Um... just help a little bit. Ya know um, it's, it's really important to me to say something to the kids that listen to my records. It's really important. I'm not one of those people that... that... completely depends on the music. Um... like some people, a good example is lindsey. He, if he loves the music, and he loves the melody of what you're singing, he doesn't really care what you sing now, if I love the melody and I love music, but i don't like the words, or I don't feel that the words are saying something to me, I for the first place I can't sing them, and in the second place I don't like the song. So, this is, this is just different ways that people look at music. I mean for me it has to be a whole thing. I have to I have to really feel that the song is important. Because I feel that long after the singer is gone, and the songwriter is gone, the song will remain.

S: I'm the first person to say to let somebody ya know go with me and go through all these songs. And say, ya know because there are a lot of songs that are that are equally as good as an equally as an emotional and certainly I worked as hard on, as uh, the songs that I've written that people love. And again though, it's a big choice. And when you're in a band like fleetwood mac and you have three to four writers, you get your three of four songs on tangle the night, lindsey got six songs, christine got four and I got two.

R: (chuckles) so much for democracy.

S: So much for democracy. That's the reason that I have a solo career. It's the only reason I do a solo career, was because there was no possible way in a band that I happened to love to be in and you can't, there's no possible way that I could ever build another band like fleetwood mac, ya know or try. It would be like trying to replace a child or, trying to replace a dearly beloved ya know pet or trying to replace your mother... for that matter. Ay know. So it's like I got my band I'm stuck with it, I love 'em... and I do whatever I have to do to remain in that situation.

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