Acoustic guitar Quote by M. Ward

I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only…

— M. Ward

I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was…

— Brian May

I'm very influenced by the work of George Martin and the string arrangements that he did for the Beatles.

— Tom Kitt

Yes and for two reasons: one, I couldn't find anything to imitate at the time, and secondly because what I heard on the radio…

— Leo Kottke

Everybody [in The Beatles ] was singing at the same time and the harmonies were great.

— Lemmy Kilmister

That was how I had developed my singing style in the first place - imitating other singers like George Michael and Richard Marx.

— Marc Martel

I didn't realise that I was so accomplished on the guitar until someone said to me, 'How do you do that?' That someone was…

— Donovan

If I could do something with Paul McCartney it would be just amazing. Or Eric Clapton.

— Jake Shimabukuro

Our music did not sound like the Beatles in any way, shape or form. I could never find it in myself to use those…

— Dennis DeYoung

It took me a long time to accept the idea that the guitar can take the place of a singer.

— Paul Gilbert

The Beatles had a huge impact on me. I did 'Strawberry Fields Forever', and we worked it out in an open tuning. That's such…

— Kate Pierson

I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher…

— Charlie Parker