--- title: "4 Beatles Quotes By Tod Machover" description: "4 Beatles quotes by Tod Machover. Plus more from Tod Machover and more Beatles sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/tod-machover-12406_fans_the-beatles-realized-that-what-they-were_898440.jpg" --- > [The Beatles realized that what they were making in the studio could never be performed. And they had already given up on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/the-beatles-realized-that-what-they-were-making-in-the-studio-could/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/tod-machover-12406_fans_the-beatles-realized-that-what-they-were_898440.jpg) > [England has had a lot of really bad periods of music, but it's had several amazing periods where they've found an incredible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/england-has-had-a-lot-of-really-bad-periods-of-music-but-it-s-had/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdc/tod-machover-12406_balance_england-has-had-a-lot-of-really-bad-peri_1470767.jpg) > [I think it's maybe because Sergeant Pepper's came out when I was about 13 or 14 and that was a pretty impressionable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-think-it-s-maybe-because-sergeant-pepper-s-came-out-when-i-was/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/tod-machover-12406_age_i-think-it-s-maybe-because-sergeant-pepp_2254022.jpg) > [Any Beatles song is perfect. It gets to you right away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/any-beatles-song-is-perfect-it-gets-to-you-right-away/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/tod-machover-12406_beatles_any-beatles-song-is-perfect-it-gets-to-y_2382443.jpg) ## Other authors on Beatles - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-mccartney-74044.jpg) Paul McCartney 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/paul-mccartney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-harrison-37743.jpg) George Harrison 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/george-harrison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ringo-starr-79189.jpg) Ringo Starr 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/ringo-starr/) - [Astrid Kirchherr 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/astrid-kirchherr/) - [Mick Hucknall 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/mick-hucknall/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jon-landau-52760.jpg) Jon Landau 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/jon-landau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-yoko-ono-96829.jpg) Yoko Ono 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/yoko-ono/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-todd-rundgren-91282.jpg) Todd Rundgren 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/todd-rundgren/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mike-love-68034.jpg) Mike Love 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/mike-love/) - [Denny Laine 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/denny-laine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-grant-10310.jpg) Dave Clark 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/dave-clark/) ## More by Tod Machover > [Music seems to stimulate more parts of our mind than almost every other activity. It combines more parts of our minds. It synchronizes our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/music-seems-to-stimulate-more-parts-of-our-mind-than-almost-every/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [I love the cello, I love the physical sense of an instrument that's about the size of your body that vibrates enough that even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-love-the-cello-i-love-the-physical-sense-of-an-instrument-that-s/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [You have to train your mind and your ears, but they're more like athletic skills. So, part of music you just have to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/you-have-to-train-your-mind-and-your-ears-but-they-re-more-like/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [I went to the University of California, Santa Cruz for a year, which turned out to be a really vibrant, very intensive intellectual atmosphere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-went-to-the-university-of-california-santa-cruz-for-a-year-which/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [The basic idea of a hyper instrument is where the technology is built right into the instrument so that the instrument knows how it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/the-basic-idea-of-a-hyper-instrument-is-where-the-technology-is-built/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [Perhaps 25 to 50 years from now, I can design a piece of music, no so that it appeals to something common in millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/perhaps-25-to-50-years-from-now-i-can-design-a-piece-of-music-no-so/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [I never liked opera growing up. I always liked chamber music or solo music even more than orchestral music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-never-liked-opera-growing-up-i-always-liked-chamber-music-or-solo/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [I like the idea of imagining a sound and feeling a sound and then having it come out through your body, through an instrument.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-like-the-idea-of-imagining-a-sound-and-feeling-a-sound-and-then/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [There were a lot of things happen in the mid-'80's that all of a sudden made it possible to do a lot of very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/there-were-a-lot-of-things-happen-in-the-mid-80-s-that-all-of-a/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/one-of-my-interests-in-music-has-always-been-what-it-means-why-it/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [The Beatles realized that what they were making in the studio could never be performed. And they had already given up on performing because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/the-beatles-realized-that-what-they-were-making-in-the-studio-could/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [I love Bach, I love Beethoven, I love Mozart, I love the Beatles, I love you know, Stockhausen, I love many things. But for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-love-bach-i-love-beethoven-i-love-mozart-i-love-the-beatles-i-love/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [My message is to forget about dichotomies. The 'Brain Opera' is an opera, even if it does not tell a story in the usual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/my-message-is-to-forget-about-dichotomies-the-brain-opera-is-an-opera/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [I almost never these days sit down with a CD or my laptop and just listen to a piece with a score. I probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-almost-never-these-days-sit-down-with-a-cd-or-my-laptop-and-just/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) > [I listen to a lot of music that teenagers are listening to because I'm around them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-machover/i-listen-to-a-lot-of-music-that-teenagers-are-listening-to-because-i/) [Tod Machover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-machover/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/tod-machover/#itemlist", "name": "4 Beatles Quotes By Tod Machover", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Beatles realized that what they were making in the studio could never be performed. 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