Birmingham Quote by Jim Capaldi

When I came to England, everyone told me that I'd get the hits, so I was prepared for that.

— Thibaut Courtois

Most people in England don't live in the North, and people are snobby in England, so they wanted a band from the South.

— Mick Jagger

There was nothing radically different about what we were doing musically or image-wise, and yet in L.A. there'd been total indifference, so to come…

— Russell Mael

We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that.

— Pete Best

To play Wembley without ever having had a hit single - that's what I'm most proud of. That's cool.

— Jack Savoretti

It's like Liverpool. Everybody went for the music. All the young musicians seemed to gravitate to Asbury Park.

— Clarence Clemons

England has had a lot of really bad periods of music, but it's had several amazing periods where they've found an incredible balance, not…

— Tod Machover

Growing up in Middlesbrough [in England], I listened to artists like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Howlin' Wolf. It was like another world. Something…

— Paul Rodgers

It just seemed like there were loads of bands in England writing about walking down the street and falling in love.

— Simon Taylor-Davis

I always thought I'd be playing; now I watch Manchester United every weekend on Sky Sports and they're using 'Found What I've Been Looking…

— Thomas Grennan

But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down…

— Roger McGuinn

My music is designed to make a club go insane when it goes on.

— Lil Jon