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Jeff Lynne Biography

Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English songwriter, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who co-founded the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). In 1972, two years after the group's formation, he took over its leadership and wrote, arranged, and produced virtually all of their subsequent records. 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.

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

Fun, Live, Months, Practice

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.

Knock, Love, Nice, Song, Trying

I don't actually like touring.

Actually, Like, Touring

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?

Gear, Gears, House, Know, Studio, Want

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

Bass, Guitar, Love, Piano, Play

There are a million people who can come up with little bits. The hard work is making those bits into something.

Bits, Littles, Making, Million, People, Work

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.

Down, Ordinary, Sound, Sounds, Together

As you get older, the days have gone, and the years have gone, and it's 'whoosh!

Gone, Older, Whoosh, Years

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

Day, Ends, Please, Record, Records, The End Of The Day

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

Band, Brown, Firsts, Saw, Saws, Suits

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.

Albums, Charts, Days, People, Simple

I just realized how long it was since the last album, and where did the time go? You know?

Album, Albums, Lasts, Long, Realized

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

Delivering, Different, Music Is, Way

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.

Beautiful, Come, Dark, Song, Sun, Weeks