Famous Quotes & Sayings

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Beatles are one of the most iconic music groups of the 20th century. Their tunes touched so many people's lives. Liverpool's most famous sons touched all corners of the globe. They inspired a generation,

The Beatles were very sensitive about the other groups, ... In the plane, they'd make a point of talking with them. There was a lot of camaraderie there.

Sid Bernstein

The Beatles were no trouble... lots of girls. The Stones were black-jacketed guys, a rough crowd. A whole different scene between the Stones' black leather jackets and the Beatles' pretty-dressed girls with the ribbons in their hair, teenagers standing on the seats screaming, nothing broken.

Justin Hayward

The Beatles were in a different stratosphere, a different planet to the rest of us. All I know is when I heard 'Love Me Do' on the radio, I remember walking down the street and knowing my life was going to be completely different now the Beatles were in it.

Marc Ribot

The Beatles were a pop group, but when you actually listen to the tracks, they were very rude about the way they went about things.

Joe Johnson

The Beatles sang 'Until There Was You,' and they sang 'All You Need is Love,' and they sang 'I'll Follow The Sun,' and they sang 'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' and 'She Loves You.' And those songs hung in there and they were very meaningful and they have great melodies and beautiful lyrics,

The Beatles had gotten so popular so fast that they demanded a switch and Roy went along, opening for them up instead.

Tommy Rettig

The Beatles had already been out for a few years, hair was growing longer and marijuana started to show up at parties and so on.

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.

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.

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.

Pete Best

Best of the Beatles - The Pete Best Band.

Eric Idle

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

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.

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....

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.

As much as the R&B people, and the gospel people, and spiritual music, and the country-western people influenced them, I think the Beatles were the bar. And they set the bar, and nobody's quite been able to jump beyond it.

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

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

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.

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.

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.