Editing Mick Fleetwood (section)

==Early life==
Michael John Kells Fleetwood was born in [[Redruth]], Cornwall, second child to John Joseph Kells Fleetwood and Bridget Maureen (née Brereton) Fleetwood.<ref name=obit>'Susan Fleetwood; Obituary,' ''[[The Times]]'' (2 October 1995), p. 23</ref><ref name="carroll 14-15">Carroll (2004) p.&nbsp;14–15.</ref> His elder sister was actress [[Susan Fleetwood]].<ref name="carroll 14-15" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/4/Susan-Fleetwood.html | title=Susan Fleetwood Biography (1944–1995) | publisher=Filmreference.com | date=21 September 1944 | access-date=15 October 2011}}</ref> In early childhood, Fleetwood and his family followed his father, a [[Royal Air Force]] fighter pilot,<ref name="Evans 21">Evans (2011) p. 21.</ref> to Egypt. Six years later, they moved to Norway where his father was deployed by [[NATO]].<ref name=obit/> He attended school there and became fluent in [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]].<ref name="Fleetwood" /><ref>Fleetwood (1991) p. ?</ref>

Biographer [[Cath Carroll]] describes the young Fleetwood as "a dreamer, an empathetic youth" who, though intelligent, did not excel academically.<ref name="carroll 14-15" /> According to his own autobiography,<ref name="Fleetwood"/> Fleetwood had an extremely difficult and trying time academically at the English boarding schools he attended,<ref name="Evans 21"/> including King's School at [[Sherborne House, Gloucestershire|Sherborne House]] in Gloucestershire and [[Wynstones School]] in Gloucestershire. He performed poorly on exams, which he attributed to his inability to memorise facts.<ref name="Fleetwood"/> He nevertheless enjoyed acting during school, often in drag, and was a competent [[fencing|fencer]].<ref name="carroll 14-15" /> At {{height|ft=6|in=6}} tall, he was an imposing figure, and sported a beard and long hair for much of his life. "Mick was very aristocratic," recalls [[Ken Caillat]], a sound engineer on ''Rumours''. "The way he formed sentences was impeccable. When he spoke, everyone stopped and listened. He was quiet and wise, and he had a great sense of humour. He loved to laugh, but he was also a straight shooter."<ref name="Caillat">Caillat (2012) p. 38.</ref>

Abandoning academic pursuits, Fleetwood took up the drums after his parents, recognising that he might find a future in music, bought him a "Gigster" drum kit when he was thirteen.<ref name="Evans 21"/> His family encouraged his artistic side, as his father composed poetry and was an amateur drummer himself.<ref name="Evans 21"/> Fleetwood was inspired—as he said at the Brits Awards ceremony in 1989—by [[Cliff Richard]], [[Tony Meehan]] (drummer of [[the Shadows]]), and [[The Everly Brothers]].<ref name="carroll 14-15" /> With his parents' support, he dropped out of school at 15 and, in 1963, moved to London to pursue a career as a drummer.<ref name="Fleetwood"/> At first, he stayed with his younger sister Sally in [[Notting Hill]].<ref name="Evans 22-23">Evans (2011) p.&nbsp;22–23.</ref> After a brief stint working at [[Liberty (store)|Liberty]] in London, he found his first opportunity in music.<ref name="carroll 14-15" />