Electric Light Orchestra Quotes
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Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power point of view we wanted to be like the Who. Vocally we wanted to be like the Beach Boys, whatever was good at the time.
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There's not much you can do with a ukulele that doesn't sound happy.
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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?
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I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up.
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The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant.
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To me, making records isn't work.
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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.
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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.
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The first people I ever saw were probably Little Richard and Gene Vincent.
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We happened to be in the studio next door and I think Noel Redding came around and said, 'Do you fancy having a sing on this?' We just went and did it and it was great.
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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.
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I think it was probably down to the fact that we weren't together personally as a band. We weren't pulling in the same direction. I always feel if you're having a good time in the studio it actually comes across on the tape and that was a bit of a miserable album for us.
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I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.
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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.
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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.
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Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.
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We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did.
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As you get older, the days have gone, and the years have gone, and it's 'whoosh!'
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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.
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I just realized how long it was since the last album, and where did the time go? You know?