Jeff Lynne

Jeff Lynne is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. He was a co-founder, guitarist, and the lead singer of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys.

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• 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.
  • On the placement of microphones in the production of the album Zoom, in "An Electric return for Jeff Lynne" at CNN (3 September 2001)

• At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.
  • On the album Zoom, in "An Electric return for Jeff Lynne" at CNN (3 September 2001)

Eldorado, A Symphony (1974)

• Midnight on the water
  I saw the ocean's daughter
  Walking on a wave's chicane
  Staring as she called my name

  And I can't get it out of my head
  No, I can't get it out of my head
  Now my old world is gone for dead
  'Cos I can't get it out of my head

  • "Can't Get It Out of My Head" ("Walking on a wave's chicane" are the official lyrics, but these are often heard and quoted as "Walking on a wave she came")

A New World Record (1976)

• It's a livin' thing.
  It's a terrible thing to lose.
  It's a given thing.
  What a terrible thing to lose.
  • Livin' Thing