Christine McVie Considered Herself As The 'Mother Teresa' of Fleetwood Mac – Here's Why

Christine McVie is making headlines these days following the news of her sudden death.

The Fleetwood Mac songwriter was responsible for smash songs including "Songbird," "Say You Love Me," "Don't Stop," and "Little Lies."

The 79-year-old musician died quietly surrounded by her relatives at the hospital.

Christine left the band in 1998 after 28 years, but rejoined in 2014. It's the same band where she met and married John McVie after joining in the 1970s.

Aside from her exceptional singing, songwriting, and keyboard playing for Fleetwood Mac, she became known as the "Mother Teresa" of the legendary rock band.

But it's hardly an insult because Christine said she "enjoyed the storm" of the band.

Christine joined the band as a vocalist and keyboard player, despite not being a founding member. She collaborated with her then-husband on the albums "Rumours" and "Tusk."

They divorced in 1976 while Fleetwood Mac was still on tour, which Christine McVie subsequently said was "irresponsible." She and John remained friendly, with the blonde musician gaining a heavenly reputation.

Christine McVie continued to be the peacemaker decades after the "Rumours" crisis, and that has been her reputation ever since.

She discussed her role as the voice of reason in the "eye of the storm" in an interview with Rolling Stone.

Christine mentioned how she didn't understand it was her branding at the time.

"I was supposedly like the Mother Teresa who would hang out with everybody or just try and [keep] everything nice and cool and relaxed."

"But they were great people; they were great friends."

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham both wrote songs on their rocky relationship; the couple formally split up after "Rumours" was published. Stevie briefly dated Mick Fleetwood, and Christine stated that she didn't consider her job as the band's honorary "Mother Teresa" at the time.

"Even though I am rather a quiet person, I did love that storm; although it is reported that we argued a lot, we actually spent a lot of our time laughing," the singer remarked.

"That must have slipped my mind-great sense of humour."

Despite the fact that there was still tension amongst band members, they remained linked through music, reuniting for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign.

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