Courteous Quote by Peter Tork

For me, they are still my dear friends, not the Beatles.

— Astrid Kirchherr

The Beatles and I became fast friends.

— Donovan

People were really staying away from me. And that's kind of when I split up with all my best friends at school - they…

— Cassandra Peterson

They are my friends. If they are the Beatles or the kings of China, it doesn't matter lo me.

— Astrid Kirchherr

I had girlfriends who really irritated me by their devotion to the Beatles. I didn't begrudge them their interest, and there were songs like…

— Leonard Cohen

When I was growing up, the people who liked the Beatles, I didn't like, so I didn't pay attention to them.

— Trent Reznor

The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?

— Billy Preston

I used to love the Beatles and the Stones and I'd always want to hang out with them, even though they were about seven…

— Peter Noone

The most important thing I gave the Beatles was my friendship. They trusted me: there was no fear in being photographed.

— Astrid Kirchherr

And it was a very, very fruitful and great relationship between the Stones and The Beatles. It was very, very friendly.

— Keith Richards

I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.

— Serj Tankian

I liked The Beatles a lot when I was growing up.

— Damien Hirst