Jeff Lynne Quotes

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

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

- Jeff Lynne

I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.

- Jeff Lynne

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

- Jeff Lynne

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

The hairs stand up on the back of my neck at certain music.

- Jeff Lynne

Music is my first love.

- Jeff Lynne

I don't actually like touring.

- Jeff Lynne

Yes, I love to play drums and bass and guitar and piano. Those are the main instruments I play. That is it.

- Jeff Lynne

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

The first band I saw were Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders, in their brown mohair suits, in 1966.

- Jeff Lynne

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

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

- Jeff Lynne

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