Beach boys Quote by James S. Hirsch

Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully appreciated in…

— Dennis Wilson

“I remember being a teenager and being ashamed of my musical tastes, at least some of them. My Brian Wilson and Beach Boys fandom,…

— Ahmir Questlove Thompson

“But the Beatles turned out to be one of the things you couldn’t avoid, like alcohol, or death.”

— Elif Batuman

“...the Beatles were hard men too. Brian Epstein cleaned them up for mass consumption, but they were anything but sissies. They were from Liverpool,…

— Lemmy Kilmister

It is inescapable that Ringo was the catalyst for the others. He certainly completed the jigsaw and The Beatles, with Ringo, became a magnet…

— Brian Epstein

Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it.…

— George Martin

“None of would've made it alone" John once explained, "because Paul wasn't strong enough, I didn't have enough girl-appeal, George was too quiet, and…

— Jonathan Cott

If they had Mozart today, they couldn't work with him, although he was a very adaptable man.

— Alexander Kluge

“Too bad. And Mozart, not long after writing The Magic Flute, had died--in his thirties--of kidney disease. And had been buried in an unmarked…

— Philip K. Dick

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

— Shirley Manson

“You couldn't lose, you was playing Mozart”

— Bryce Courtenay

Most of all I admire Mozart's capacity to be both deep and rational, a combination often said to be impossible.

— Allan Bloom