Beatles Quotes · Page 13

Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.

— John Lennon

When the Beatles came to America and took me off the map, I thought I would return the favor, and I moved…

— Neil Sedaka

The Beatles are here, and if you could see me my hand is on the ceiling. Styx is here, and my hand…

— Dennis DeYoung

I knew the Beatles songs and how influential they are to other bands, but I'm not a fanatic, so I could look…

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

I was into all the standard 60s stuff like the Beatles, the Stones and Dylan, and I like David Bowie quite a…

— Michael Penn

As for the way we play, we are as much like the Beatles as any American Jazz group is like any other.

— Dave Clark

I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic…

— Mike Love

“I think I'm supposed to "take a sad song and make it better," but that's beyond my musical ability”

— Sophia Bennett

The Beatles, even Radiohead, all of my favorite stuff I'd play on the piano. But it was all very secret - for…

— Julia Holter

I didn't like any British music before The Beatles. For me, it was all about black American music. But then I became…

— Lulu

I just found out last week - my sister told me - that my father had some Beatles records. So I must…

— Sheryl Lee

At one point, we were across the street from the Sharon Tate house; at another, we lived in Elvis's old Bel Air…

— Hailey Gates

“(The Skrull Beatles discuss their future.) "So when this is all over, are we still gonna be the Skrull Beatles then?" "I…

— Paul Cornell

Growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I felt with The Beatles legacy that there was pressure on me…

— James McCartney

Cole Archer's Chillout Mix. That's my son's mix. He's ten weeks old, and this is what he listens to: 'Valerie' by Amy…

— Adam Pally

I was a Beach Boys guy, but I was won over. In '64, as the radio stations were creating this duel between…

— Ron Howard

After The Beatles came on the scene everyone started putting on a Liverpudlian accent.

— John Lennon

They are my friends. If they are the Beatles or the kings of China, it doesn't matter lo me.

— Astrid Kirchherr

What affected me the most about the Beatles was that they were the biggest band in the world and they could have…

— Danger Mouse

I love the Beatles. What more can I say? I'm not gonna lie to you. I love 'em. They make me happy.…

— Liam Gallagher

All you could do was to see them. We were backstage when the Beatles were on and you could just about hear…

— Roger Daltrey

I think the four men of the Beatles are an apt comparison for one Robin Lopez.

— Robin Lopez

The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and…

— Robbie Robertson

They [The Beatles] were the first band to not have a lead singer in the band.

— Lemmy Kilmister

It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went…

— David Cassidy

And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for…

— Buck Owens

I knew The Beatles before because we did our first television with them, 'Thank Your Lucky Stars.'

— Dave Clark

I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one…

— Adam Levine

I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.

— Joe Perry

Many people, especially young people, have started listening to sitar since George Harrison, one of the Beatles, became my disciple.

— Ravi Shankar

I was 16 when I started playing. I borrowed a friend's acoustic guitar, and I had a Beatles chord book. I just…

— Britt Daniel

I'm going to try and make you take the Beatles and Eric Clapton as seriously as the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle.

— Melvyn Bragg

As a Liverpool boy, it is impossible not to think of the Beatles' question, 'Will you still need me when I'm 64?'

— Simon Rattle

The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues

— Mick Taylor

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it…

— Paul Weller

I was playing in bands before high school even. My first band I was in at 14. And we were playing just Beatles.

— Dan Fogelberg

Before the Beatles and yesterday, when a man could still work and still would.

— Merle Haggard

I grew up listening to a lot of classic jazz, and stuff like The Beatles, and old Motown stuff, and a lot…

— Alison Sudol

Derek Taylor was where all the razz-ma-tazz and class sprang from; the Beatles were just charming, rich young men.

— Eve Babitz

“ (Media question to Beatles during first U.S. tour 1964) "How do you find America?" "Turn left at Greenland.”

— Ringo Starr