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.

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

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!

There's not much you can do with a ukulele that doesn't sound happy.

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.

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

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.