Beatles Quotes · Page 13

I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight - and that was just their hair.

— Bob Hope

The reason I got into music was obviously because of bands like The Beatles and Pink Floyd, things like that.

— John Gourley

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

— Neil Sedaka

Even the Beatles found it hard to escape their image; they were trapped by it.

— Tina Weymouth

The Beatles were great; we know that. But we were trying to do a new thing. Why do we need to recreate…

— Ian Brown

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

— John Lennon

The Beatles are great for everybody - they write the songs that made the whole world sing.

— Ad-Rock

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

— David Cassidy

I had girlfriends who really irritated me by their devotion to the Beatles. I didn't begrudge them their interest, and there were…

— Leonard Cohen

When I did get married and then had children, it was Beatles' songs I sang to them at night. As one of…

— Ann Hood

I loved 'Rain' and its take on the Beatles. The way they used a timeline and news reel to create a mood,…

— Jason Bonham

We've grown up on the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Blur and Bowie and the Clash. Also E.L.O. and Hall and…

— Mark Foster

“Paul McCartney, the ex-Beatle Brady's mom used to call Old Spaniel Eyes, is getting a medal at the White House. Why is…

— Stephen King

And so we went away to play, and we'd come back to Liverpool. And while we were doing this - 'cuz we…

— Ringo Starr

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but…

— John Mellencamp

“It was fucking weird. They had gone from a sickening, "in love" couple doing a duet to the complete opposite in the…

— Karina Halle

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

— Joe Perry

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

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

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

— Ravi Shankar

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

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

— Sophia Bennett

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

— John Lennon

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

— Danger Mouse

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

— Astrid Kirchherr

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

— Liam Gallagher

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

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

— Robin Lopez

I mean if it wasn't for The Beatles, none of this, none of the music we listen to would even exist. They're…

— Charlie Benante

If I could be in any band, I think it would have to be The Beatles. That would have been a lot…

— Jason Behr

My favourite member of the Beatles is Lennon. He might have been crazy. But he's my kind of crazy.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. I had posters…

— Dave Grohl

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

— Paul Weller

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

— Mick Taylor

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

— Merle Haggard