Jeff Lynne Quotes
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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
Electric Light Orchestra
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There's not much you can do with a ukulele that doesn't sound happy.
Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra
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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
Electric Light Orchestra
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I don't actually like touring.
Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra
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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
Electric Light Orchestra
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To me, making records isn't work.
Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra
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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
Electric Light Orchestra
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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
Electric Light Orchestra
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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
Electric Light Orchestra
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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
Electric Light Orchestra
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I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.
Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra
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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
Electric Light Orchestra