38 Quotes by Jeff Lynne

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

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.

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.

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!

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

Old music is the same as new music – it’s just a different way of delivering it.

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.

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?

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.