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Wealth & Money Quote by Christine McVie

"I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well"

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There is a sly humility in the way Christine McVie frames wealth as a learned habit rather than a trophy. “I wasn’t raised with money” isn’t a rags-to-riches flex; it’s a quiet declaration of distance from entitlement. Then she pivots: “so I had to get used to having it.” The verb choice matters. Not “earned,” not “deserved,” not even “got it” in a triumphant sense. “Got used to” makes money sound like weather, or a new climate you acclimate to - something that can be pleasant and still disorienting.

The second line lands like a dry punchline: “I think I’ve adjusted to it pretty well.” That “I think” is doing heavy lifting, both softening the boast and hinting at self-awareness about how ridiculous it can sound to grade yourself on adapting to luxury. It’s a musician’s version of British understatement: yes, success happened, yes, it altered her life, and no, she’s not going to romanticize the struggle or pretend she didn’t enjoy the upgrade.

The context is Fleetwood Mac-level fame: enormous sales, enormous tours, and the strange economics of being both an artist and an enterprise. McVie’s persona was often the band’s steady center - not the tabloid cyclone, not the mythmaking auteur. This line fits that image: practical, unsentimental, faintly amused by the spectacle of celebrity, and clear-eyed about money as a consequence of the work, not its moral proof.

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McVie, Christine. (2026, January 15). I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-wasnt-raised-with-money-so-i-had-to-get-used-to-160143/

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McVie, Christine. "I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-wasnt-raised-with-money-so-i-had-to-get-used-to-160143/.

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"I wasn't raised with money, so I had to get used to having it. I think I've adjusted to it pretty well." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-wasnt-raised-with-money-so-i-had-to-get-used-to-160143/. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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Christine McVie (July 12, 1943 - November 30, 2022) was a Musician from USA.

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