Jennifer Juniper Quotes

“There were wonderful times on this journey of mine; there were also hard times as I fought against my demons and what was going on in my life. But I feel extremely lucky and grateful for the life I’ve led, and especially for the people who are and have been part of it.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“What I have learned from this extraordinary journey is that when I listened to my heart, when I finally followed George’s advice to “Just be yourself”, that’s when things would work out.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“It was good to see George; it always gave me a great sense of comfort knowing he was in the world. He was a link to our younger years, when life was not so complex.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Religious people try to stay out of hell,” he said. “Whereas spiritual people have already been there.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“The compelling drive of these musicians to express themselves was inspiring. It was ignited by a need to feel whole, to fulfill their destiny and to feel at one with themselves.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“I grieved deeply for the way I had led my life, and for the loss of innocence and dreams. I mourned not only for myself but also for anyone I had hurt along the way.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“For the first time I was not available to go on tour with Ian every time I was asked, or to parties with him and other social events. It was unnerving going against my built-in belief that if I didn’t do what was expected of me, I wouldn’t be loved. I felt shaky in my new identity, and yet I knew I was taking an enormous step towards finding myself.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“The most powerful thing I experienced during these sessions was that of feeling heard, something I had unconsciously been craving all my life, and desperately sought in every relationship. It got me in touch with feelings I didn’t know I had, and gave me the confidence, in the therapy room, to speak from my heart.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Although there were many happy times at Willow Cottage, and I loved living in the country and near my family, even so, the emotional drain that my relationship with Mick over the last few years had taken on me must have had a deeper effect than I realized. I began losing clumps of hair from my head and noticed ever-increasing bald patches.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“The trouble is,’’ Mick said, “I can’t make up my mind if I want to be with you or her.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“There’s something I ought to tell you,’’ he said, leaning back against the sofa. “I’ve been having an affair with Stevie for the last few months. Since we were in Australia.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“I told Mick of my decision. He’d been drinking and was slumped against the wall, a glass of brandy in his hand. He pushed the glass in my face and said, “Go on, have some.” I backed away. “You’ve changed,” he murmured, slurring his words. “You’ve become strong.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“The constant use of cocaine, although it helped with the crazy hours they spent in the studio, created what I believe was an impenetrable wall around his heart. But we didn’t know that in those days, it was just part of this lifestyle.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Throughout the weekend Eric systematically attempted to cut through the bond between my sister and me, trying to make her jealous as he paid me unwanted attention. He had been used to having Pattie to himself, in his world, while I was desperately seeking her in mine.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Was I doing the same thing now? Had I held onto Mick for too long, unable to let go, my sense of self slowly being chipped away, leaving me like a wounded animal, rolling down the hill, cast out from my family home?”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“The very nature of cocaine brings with it illusions of grandeur and a numbing of the heart and Mick’s sense of detachment to those around him was like a shell that masked the gentle, sensitive person I loved.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Life had changed dramatically for me since the innocence of the 60s. Then I was smoking pot and experimenting with LSD in order to expand my consciousness. Now, in the 70s, I was drinking alcohol when we were all together and taking cocaine, nothing to do with expanding consciousness, more like running away from myself, to numb and push away feelings of loneliness.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“The beginning of the new Fleetwood Mac sound had begun, and with all of this came the parties, and what was later to become the enormous Fleetwood Mac entourage.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“At this low point, while listening to the sound quality of a particular studio he was keen to rent, Mick came across the voices of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. On enquiring who they were, he was told they were a couple from San Francisco, and that they had an album out called Buckingham Nicks.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“This feeling of being isolated from Mick was compounded by him spending most of his time, when he was home, in John and Chris’s kitchen talking band-talk, while I quietly stayed on our side of the house with a baby that might cry and disturb their already shattered nerves.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“One night, as Mick was painting the walls of our bathroom, I began crying, pleading with Mick, “Let’s never get divorced.” He held me in his arms and promised we’d always stay together.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Had I sacrificed a core part of myself for the security of being with someone who felt familiar, whom I loved and believed loved me?”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“He wanted me at home and available to join him on tour at a moment’s notice. I complied, it was a man’s world at that time, even in the rock and roll community; but in doing so, I sacrificed a part of myself.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“I had become part of an ever-expanding group of kindred spirits, which now included kids of the aristocracy - they and the rock and roll world had merged, turning the class system upside down.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“With his bare feet resting on the arm while Cynthia stood staring at the floor, speechless, John wiggled his toes next to where I was standing, and said in a squeaky voice, “Hello, Jenny.” I couldn’t help but smile. He was like a naughty child, caught misbehaving by his mother.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Even though we spent a lot of time with one another, there were times I felt shy when the Beatles were together. I got used to sitting quietly and not saying much, just listening. I’d learned to be unobtrusive as a child, to take in what people said, receptive to their thoughts and ideas. When they were together, there was such a feeling of unity, which I later witnessed with the members of Fleetwood Mac. It was as if they had an invisible membrane around them, their own creative world.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Having a song written about you is very flattering, but also, as the years go by and having taken it with me into my life, I am aware how it instantly transports me back to not only that first time I heard it, but also, and probably more prominently, it personifies for me that particular era of innocence, idealism, and hope.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“I was an idealist by nature and believed in this new way of being and what the original hippies were trying to achieve; spiritual awareness, creative expression, appreciation of nature, peace, being kind to one another, a sense of community and anti-racism.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Now when I think of that evening with the Hells Angels, a shudder runs down my spine. The very thought of two young women, high on acid and in the middle of nowhere, in a cabin full of biker boys – fills me with dread and I thank my lucky stars we came out unharmed. But in many ways, it is an example of that time, of the trust and innocence, the feeling of unity we all shared.”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper

“Once Chocolate delivered me safely to Judy’s flat that evening, he gave me a signed card that read, ‘You have been assisted by a member of Hells Angels Frisco’. From then on, as he told me that night, if ever I needed help, he would be there”
― Jenny Boyd, Jennifer Juniper