Jeff Lynne Quotes

• It was a great thrill just to know Roy Orbison, so to play, sing, write hit songs with him and have him in The Traveling Wilburys was beyond my wildest dreams!

  Jeff Lynne

  Dream, Song, Writing

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• There's not much you can do with a ukulele that doesn't sound happy.

  Jeff Lynne

  Ukulele, Sound, Can Do

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• It all comes down to what you truly love doing, and what I love doing is overdubbing and making new sounds out of things that are sometimes quite ordinary on their own, but when you put them together, they make something new--or something that sounds new. Just discovering things like that musically is a pleasure.

  Jeff Lynne

  Together, Sound, Ordinary

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• There are a million people who can come up with little bits. The hard work is making those bits into something.

  Jeff Lynne

  Work, People, Littles

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• It was dark and misty for 2 weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing. Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote 'Mr. Blue Sky' and 13 other songs in the next two weeks.

  Jeff Lynne

  Beautiful, Song, Dark

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• I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.

  Jeff Lynne

  Song, Nice, Trying

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• Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

  Jeff Lynne

  Guitar, Play, Piano

  "Conversations With Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne, The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz and The Rippingtons’ Russ Freeman". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• The hairs stand up on the back of my neck at certain music.

  Jeff Lynne

  Hair, Necks, Certain

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• Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.

  Jeff Lynne

  Different, Way, Music Is

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• Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

  Jeff Lynne

  Fun, Practice, Months

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• At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.

  Jeff Lynne

  The End Of The Day, Records, Ends

  "An Electric Return for Jeff Lynne". Interview with Paul Clinton, edition.cnn.com. September 03, 2001.

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• As you get older, the days have gone, and the years have gone, and it's 'whoosh!

  Jeff Lynne

  Years, Gone

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• It was so simple in the old days. You put out an album, people promoted it, it got in the charts, and you had a hit.

  Jeff Lynne

  Simple, People, Albums

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• I don't actually like touring.

  Jeff Lynne

  Touring

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• I like the natural sound of a room. All the rooms have their own sound, so it's a matter of putting it where you like and seeing what it sounds like.

  Jeff Lynne

  Sound, Matter, Rooms

  "An Electric Return for Jeff Lynne". CNN, September 03, 2001.

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• I just want to be in the studio. When you've got all the gear you want in your own house, it's difficult to go out and do something else, you know?

  Jeff Lynne

  House, Gears, Want

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• When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know, like oiled up a bit. It's still a little bit stiff until you really thrashed at it for a few weeks.

  Jeff Lynne

  Song, Littles, Kind

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• I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.

  Jeff Lynne

  Years, Stills

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• The first band I saw were Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, in their brown mohair suits, in 1966.

  Jeff Lynne

  Band, Saws, Firsts

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• To me, making records isn't work.

  Jeff Lynne

  Records

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• I just realized how long it was since the last album, and where did the time go? You know?

  Jeff Lynne

  Long, Albums, Lasts

  "An Electric return for Jeff Lynne". Interview with Paul Clinton, www.cnn.com. September 3, 2001.

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• I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.

  Jeff Lynne

  Thinking, Tree, Age

  "Conversations With Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne, The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz and The Rippingtons’ Russ Freeman". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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