“I picked up that sad song thing from Del Shannon and Roy Orbison. Sometimes sadness is the greatest thing to listen to… It’s like, ‘I’m happy now ’cos that’s exactly how I feel’”: Is the secret to Jeff Lynne’s success with ELO that simple?

ELO in 1973.

In 2016, as Jeff Lynne prepared to take ELO back on the road, he offered Prog a typically unassuming overview of how he struggled with negative press reviews for most of his career to a relatively sudden change of heart by the music industry.

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