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
simple people albums
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.
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!
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.
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.
saws firsts suits
The first band I saw were Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, in their brown mohair suits, in 1966.
beautiful song dark
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.
work people littles
There are a million people who can come up with little bits. The hard work is making those bits into something.
matter rooms sound
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.
ukulele sound can-do
There's not much you can do with a ukulele that doesn't sound happy.
records
To me, making records isn't work.
years gone
As you get older, the days have gone, and the years have gone, and it's 'whoosh!
touring
I don't actually like touring.
different way music-is
Old music is the same as new music - it's just a different way of delivering it.
long albums lasts
I just realized how long it was since the last album, and where did the time go? You know?