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

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

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

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.

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.

To me, making records isn't work.

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!