Quotes from Glyn Johns

I was at home on a very rare night off and the phone rang, and the person on the other end announced themselves in a Liverpudlian accent as being Paul McCartney.

I see what sound engineers do as like painting. A good artist could paint that table so that it looks nothing like a table, or it looks like a photograph of a table. Engineers do that with sound.

Part of my job has always been to respect the privacy of the artists.

The Small Faces were one of the most incredible bands I have worked with - they were so energetic. If theyd have gone to America they would have ruled the world.

I was not a fan of the Clash or, for that matter, any other punk band that existed.

I knew The Who because Id worked with Shel Talmy and engineered 'My Generation' and all that early stuff.

Let It Be is a bunch of garbage.

People who work together for years on end, they fall out, and they patch it up at the end. Its normal.

I thought I was Englands answer to Jim Reeves.

I dont think Ive enjoyed working with anyone as much as I did with Joe Strummer.

I think its disgraceful to align that first Led Zeppelin record with heavy metal because its far, far better, but you know what Im saying: It started that genre.

One constantly gets credit for working on records that people have a special fondness for. I may have helped tweak them in some way - but really, I was just very lucky to be there.

But I can remember very clearly the session for My Generation. I can remember very clearly You Really Got Me and Wont Get Fooled Again, and lots of Stones stuff.

Abbey Road' was a fantastic record.