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!

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.

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

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?

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.

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.