Famous Quotes & Sayings

The Beatles changed music forever. They took rock n' roll from a medium that was about cars and girls and gave it context, interesting chord changes and true musicianship.

Fads don't last, but it should be clear by now that the Beatles are no ordinary fad.

Serj Tankian

those that have prescribed the solution through the good feeling of the music itself, like the Beatles and Bob Marley and Bob Dylan.

Ed Sheeran

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.

Don Scardino

People hated him for leaving the Beatles or for falling in love with Yoko ... they wanted him to be a Beatle and he fought that all his life.

The music of the Beatles is always fabulous, ... This groups plays it well but you wouldn't mistake them for the original.

Serj Tankian

They're great songwriters in the tradition of the Beatles and Pink Floyd. Their songs are beautiful and filled with all sorts of wonderful textures. It's all very emotional and moving. It's the first outside project I've ever produced.

Rusty Anderson

A producer I had worked with (David Kahne) got the gig with Paul and brought me in and then, that was that. I was a big Beatles fan when I was young and they were the reason I started playing music.

They play all Beatles music and nothing else. We had them in the fall and they did a nice job. It was very entertaining.

Ruben Blades

And, we watched the Beatles one week after they showed up on the Ed Sullivan Show because of the U.S. Southern Command TV network.

Henry Garza

First off our father was our biggest influence. He showed us all the songs that we needed, that we learned from. He played us every Beatles tune, every Elvis Presley tune Richie Valens,Ronny Millsap, Willie Nelson Anything that you can name ...Everything old, nothing new. Everything was old, about the only thing new I can think of is like, you know, probably like Stevie Ray and Santana and stuff. You know, they're old but they came later.

Pete Best

Best of the Beatles - The Pete Best Band.

Daron Malakian

I see them both as one record, you know? Not to compare us to, like, THE BEATLES , but the only thing I can compare it to is, like, you listen to the 'White Album' and it's a double album, but, like, they're just a bunch of great songs.

Bill Wyman

It would have been the first time the Beatles and Stones collaborated on stage I suppose. We have played together on record in the past.

Theres still so much interest in the Beatles and John and still so much mythology,

Pete Best

The togetherness, the camaraderie, the chemistry, the charisma: You never saw one of the Beatles by himself,

How many superstars have we had in music that didn't need, and think about this, that didn't need laser lights and an accompanying show of glitter and glamour to be successful? ... The Beatles were four guys with guitars and drums, and their music stands alone.

Gene Simmons

If you go back and check all the reviews for all the icons of today -- Elvis, the Beatles and so on -- they were dismissed as flashes in the pans,

Beatrice Arthur

It was like the Beatles had arrived, you know. These four elderly ladies, and they were screaming for us-screaming for us. It was wonderful.

It's a complete collaboration. We just set up our instruments in a room and plug in, much as The Beatles would have done 30 years ago.

It's pretty much like seeing The Beatles or Pink Floyd. They're the last of the greats. They're great at what they do. They wouldn't still be around if they weren't.

In the golden era of the 60s, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones dominated the American charts.

John Varvatos

In the early '70s, coming out of the '60s, it was very hippy or it was very uniform, like The Beatles all wearing the same suit. Into the '70s, it became much more about a personal style. You had the glam period, which was a lot of fun, and then you went into punk.

Tim Ryan

chefs with three Michelin stars were the culinary equivalent of the Beatles or Rolling Stones -- they were sorcerers.

Mike Love

By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.

Eric Idle

George once said to me "If we'd known we were going to be The Beatles we'd have tried harder.

David Hewson

Scarborough never really began to live until the summer of 1964 when the Beatles played the Futurist Theatre, and no one in the audience, least of all me, heard anything but the screaming.

Germaine Greer

. Probably the biggest omission though is the Beatles tour 1964! Undoubtedly there are many more....

It reveals the inspiration behind the 1967 Beatles classic I am the Walrus.

The hook is the sweet spot, the easily remembered melody or rhythm figure. Beatles songs are packed with hooks . A hook is similar to a riff , which is instrumental, while a hook can be played or sung.

And, in all honesty, the Beatles were fascinated by the journalists' immaturity.

The girls should decide now to call it a day, ... Consider: The Beatles are forever the superior of the Rolling Stones because they split.