About Quote by Mike Love

The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of thing. They were a part…

— Brian Wilson

I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it to me.

— Joey Ramone

'SMiLE' is perhaps the Beach Boys' most legendary album. It was recorded in 1966 and 1967 but only saw a formal release in 2011.…

— Henry Rollins

Everybody has their own appreciation of the Beach Boys, depending on where they're coming from with their musical tastes, so we tried to be…

— Mike Love

We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good,…

— Mike Love

You do a little more of a record album these days. See I just wanted to put a few songs in Beaches and we…

— Garry Marshall

We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in…

— John Lennon

We're constantly hearing new influences everywhere. I say "new influences," but a lot of the stuff that influenced the record was music from the…

— Gym Class Heroes

The only band that I can see that made changes over the years with success was The Beatles. They were able to change album…

— Johnny Ramone

I remember the period in the 1980s where the Beatles were terminally uncool, and it seemed to me then like they were just my…

— Alasdair MacLean

Songs came first. I started out in 1965 trying to copy the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Stones, like most kids I knew. I'm…

— Peter Blegvad

I think the Beach Boys' legacy is 'Fun, Fun, Fun,' you know? We're calling our next tour '50 Years of Fun, Fun, Fun.' By…

— Mike Love