Quotes About Beatles

I'm not exactly a huge Beatles fan, but when I have a chance to visit a legendary place like the Beatles museum, I definitely use it. It's historic.

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

It wasn't until after Raspberries, Big Star and Badfinger came to exist that powerpop became a genre. In each case, I suspect Pete Ham, Alex Chilton and I all felt the same void after the Beatles broke up, and somehow we were all trying to fill it.

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it would definitely be The Beatles.

Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles.

I think the Beatles are a lot of people's favorite band.

I cannot bear assaults of any kind, and it seems to me that the Beatles essentially were out to affront and to assault.

From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.

I don't think you'd say we'd be rivals because we've got a completely different line-up to The Beatles.

I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff.

As a Liverpool boy, it is impossible not to think of the Beatles' question, 'Will you still need me when I'm 64?'

My music was typically continental - nothing like, say, The Beatles.

I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.

It's funny, because in 1970 I met the Beatles quite by a chance at a party. It was the Beethoven bicentenary, and I was then also playing the Beethoven Sonatas. And that's all they wanted to hear about - I wanted to talk about them, and all they wanted to talk about was Beethoven.

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.

I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only using the instruments I had at hand - an acoustic guitar, and that's all. It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar.

Paul Hicks is the only guy The Beatles will allow to arrange, mix and engineer their music, so he did the Cirque du Soleil 'Love' show.

I was 11 years old when the Beatles broke up. I was a Lennon fanatic - I mean, I loved Paul too, but Lennon was the guy - and there was always this dream of the Beatles getting back together; there was always this hope.

I think of talent as being God-given. I know that contradicts what a lot of people believe, but that's how I see it. I think the Beatles were meant to be, you know? So when I listen to Paul McCartney, I think, 'Here's the person that God gave the gift of allowing him to write 'Let It Be.'

I would love to work with a Beatle: Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr.

'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock.

Paul McCartney has always been the love of my life.

I never was a hippie! I went to India because so many friends like Mia Farrow and the Beatles were going there to discover truth. And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps.

I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'