When Stevie and I joined the band, we were in the midst of breaking up, as were John and Christine. By the time Rumours was being recorded, things got worse in terms of psychology and drug use. It was a large exercise in denial - in order for me to get work done.

I just find things that work and embellish them.

This time, there were no drugs involved. The hours were completely normal daytime hours. I think we were able to appreciate the interplay, where before we had taken it for granted.

When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making.

That's basically what's going on now: Everything is propaganda.

The writing is all done, so it's all about verbalizing everything from point A to point B, and certainly there's a bit of politics involved, so it's a different thing.

I'm also married for the first time, and I have two kids. So there's some kind of good karma right now.