America Quote by Mick Hucknall

Rolling Stones came later for me. I was a Beatles guy. All of us were pretty much more along the lines of Beatles guys…

— Synyster Gates

The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.

— Brad Paisley

If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles.

— John Lennon

Back when the country was strong, back before Elvis and before the Vietnam war came along.

— Merle Haggard

I'm just a singer, Elvis was the embodiment of the whole American culture.

— Frank Sinatra

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

The Beatles never got through to all ages, nor did Elvis Presley, or any of the other monuments of mediocrity that we've had.

— Frank Sinatra Jr

No Elvis, no Beatles, no Rolling Stones, it's 1977.

— The Clash

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

— Brian Wilson

The Beatles were just the beginning of everything music could be, just like the Stones I was Rolling along like a ship lost out…

— David Allan Coe

Personally speaking, I think the Beatles were our biggest influence.

— Charlotte Caffey

Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, and a lot of American artists were my greatest influences.

— Gordon Waller