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.

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 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'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.

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

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.

To me, making records isn't work.