"'Alone in the Universe' was inspired by an article I read about the Voyager 1 probe leaving the solar system, becoming the first man-made object to enter interstellar space. It tickled me thinking about that. I mean, how lonely can you get? I sort of turned it into a missing-somebody type of deal like Voyager 1 was missing Voyager 2, so I turned it into people."
-Jeff Lynne
"'Alone in the Universe' was inspired by an article I read about the Voyager 1 probe leaving the solar system, becoming the first man-made object to enter interstellar space. It tickled me thinking about that. I mean, how lonely can you get? I sort of turned it into a missing-somebody type of deal like Voyager 1 was missing Voyager 2, so I turned it into people." -Jeff Lynne