I had to seal off my feelings about Stevie while seeing her every day and having to help her, too. But you get on with it. What was happening to the band was much bigger than any of that.

I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

Every day is a blessing - not to get too schmaltzy, but, really, it is.

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.

Another thing that was unique about working on this stuff was that I was engineering it. I used many of the things I had learned while I was away from the band. It sort of vindicated my decision to leave in '87.

Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it's something that it doesn't get a day off.