America Quote by Eric Clapton

I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't…

— Freddie Mercury

The Beatles, 'Revolver.' It's pop. It's classic. It's experimental. It's revolutionary.

— Ludovico Einaudi

I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and…

— Slash

“In Victorian London they used to burn phosphorus at seances in an attempt to see ghosts, and I suspect that the pop-music equivalent is…

— Nick Hornby

They [The Beatles ] were the first band to write their own songs in Britain because we always just covered American songs before that.

— Lemmy Kilmister

And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to…

— Gerald Scarfe

In my early 20s, there was a period when all I owned was about a dozen CDs and a crappy Discman. I'd listen to…

— Frankie Boyle

I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've…

— Peter Maxwell Davies

One of the first albums I can remember hearing was a Supertramp best of, with mostly 'Breakfast in America' songs on it. It's kind…

— Kevin Parker

'Dust Off And Dance,' the album, was really all about me being in England.

— Tiffany Darwish

When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really…

— Mat Kearney

The music that I first fell in love with was American music, really. Nothing against British acts - I love them and will forever…

— George Ezra