Jeff Lynne Quotes

I got to work with John Lennon. That was pretty cool.

Everyone likes at least one Elvis song....Me, I love them all. He was, is and will remain the ultimate rock star.

I've been really, really blessed. I got to perform on stage with Bob Dylan. I've gotten to sing with Mick Jagger.

Paul McCartney would be the end all, be all. To work with Paul would just be amazing.

Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world.

This kid's excited because he's with Bad Company and I'm excited because I'm with Chuck Berrys' son.

To this day, there's nobody, nobody that sounds like Janice Joplin.

I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.

That Mick Jagger, I feel sorry for him. After all these years he still can't get no satisfaction.

I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.

Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Janet Jackson is an icon, I've been honored to meet her a few times, working with her would be amazing.

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.

Paul and I were friends, the Moody Blues toured with the Beatles on the second British tour. That developed into me working with Paul, whom I always admired.

Because Slash is such a well-known performer all over the world, it definitely helped with the awareness of Alter Bridge. People come up to me and say that they saw me playing with Slash, and it turned them on to the other things I do.

Mickey' is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a one-hit wonder.

It was also great to have the Backstreet Boys appear on stage with me because I have gotten to know them all a little bit just recently, and not only are they great performers, but they also very hard working professionals and really nice guys.

That culture, of looking at catchy music as a negative thing, is weird. It has nothing to do with me, or the music I was into growing up. The Stones and the Beatles only tried to write hits. Every Motown song, every Credence Clearwater song - they were trying to write hits.

ELVIS PRESLEY was bigger than life. His success was documented and laid out for him. He came to the first show I had in Memphis, and it was very nice. He sort of treated me like an equal, because we were both fresh in the business. We got to be great friends and kindred souls.

I think if I could ever write with someone, I'd love to write a song with Loretta Lynn or Dolly Parton.

Sometimes I'll write a song first and then I'm like, "Oh this person will be great on this song." But there are some artists I know what want, like off the top I knew I wanted Brandy and Faith Evans. Their music is like the soundtrack to my life, so it was a personal thing for me. So once they said yes, I wrote songs specifically for them.

Elvis Presley was the first and the best. He is my favorite of all time.

The Beatles were just a band that made it very, very big, that's all.

Find myself a rock and roll band, that needs a helping hand.

I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.