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The starry life of Mr Blue Sky: He's sold 50 million albums with ELO, but Jeff Lynne is most proud of his work with The Beatles

Adrian Deevoy, Event Magazine, 26 October 2019

MODESTY IS a rarity in rock 'n' roll. But for a hit-writer, producer and rock star, Jeff Lynne displays none of the super-sized ego normally associated with those jobs. It may explain why the 71-year old ELO frontman has worn sunglasses for the best part of 40 years. "I suppose it is sort of a "hiding-behind" mechanism," Lynne confesses. "But I'm not so bad as I used to be. And I actually need glasses now. I can't be doing without them."

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