Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne
Jeffrey "Jeff" Lynneis an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who gained fame in the 1970s as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra. In 1988, under the pseudonyms Otis Wilbury and Clayton Wilbury, he co-founded the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth30 December 1947
CityBirmingham, England
ukulele sound can-do
There's not much you can do with a ukulele that doesn't sound happy.
the-end-of-the-day records made
At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.
song nice trying
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.
together ordinary sound
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.
dream song writing
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!
thinking tree age
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.
song littles kind
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.
fun practice months
Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.