Beatles Quotes - page 11

If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison. (Noel Gallagher)
I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of. View quote
Taylor Momsen
The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band. View quote
Gene Simmons
John asked what he could do to help my campaign for governor. "Write a campaign song," I replied. "Okay," said John, "what's the theme?" "Our campaign slogan is 'Come together, join the party.'" "Great title," said John. He grabbed his guitar and started improvising. : Come together right now. Don't come tomorrow, don't come alone, Come together right now, Over me. :* On first proposing that John Lennon write a song for his California gubernatorial campaign; this eventually developed into the Beatles song, "Come Together", p. 281. View quote
Timothy Leary
While sitting in my prison cell, I was astonished to hear the local rock station play a new song by the Beatles entitled "Come Together." Although the new version was certainly a musical and lyrical improvement on my campaign song, I was a bit miffed that Lennon had passed me over this way. View quote
Timothy Leary
From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles. View quote
Pat Metheny
The Beatles created something that never trailed off. What a gift that was to their fans. If you're into the Beatles, you loved them from beginning to end. View quote
Jerry Seinfeld
Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger. View quote
Liam Gallagher
My favorite album would have to be something from The Beatles. View quote
Liam Gallagher
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. View quote
Ian Rush
Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the problem with the bands I'm always asked about, the ones derivative of the early Seattle sound. They don't dilute their influences enough. (Eddie Vedder)
I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influenced by and that I love are like The Beatles and Radiohead, and all those records by bands whose music is really involved. View quote
Regina Spektor
I'm like, 'Would you be the person in the room that would boo when Dylan went electric? I know I wouldn't. Or are you the person that left The Beatles after 'She Loves You,' or 'Drive My Car?' You weren't on board for 'Revolution 9' or 'Day In The Life,' were you?' View quote
Regina Spektor
They [the Beatles] came backstage after one of my lectures, and they said to me: 'Even from an early age we have been seeking a highly spiritual existence. We tried drugs and that didn't work.' They are such practical and intelligent young boys that it took them only two days to find that Transcendental Meditation is the answer. :Quoted from, Beatles Anthology, by The Beatles, Chronicle Books, 2000, page 261. View quote
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles. View quote
Paul McCartney
I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one. But I have no problems of putting titles and lines from other songs in my songs, because they're great lines and great titles. View quote
Ringo Starr
I had no ambition when I was a kid other than to play guitar and get in a rock 'n' roll band. I don't really like to be the guy in the white suit at the front. Like in the Beatles, I was the one who kept quiet at the back and let the other egos be at the front. View quote
George Harrison
The people gave their money and they gave their screams, but the Beatles gave their nervous systems, which is a much more difficult thing to give. View quote
George Harrison
If wed known we were going to be The Beatles wed have tried harder. View quote
George Harrison
'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. View quote
Chris Cornell
My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song. (Chris Cornell)
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix. View quote
Eddie Van Halen
Do not trust people who call themselves musicians or record collectors who say that they don't like Bob Dylan or the Beatles. They do not love music if those words come out of their mouths. View quote
Jack White
The minute I started breaking the all-time record in record sales-I broke Elvis's records, I broke Beatles records-the minute it became the all-time best-selling album in the history of the Guinness Book of World Records, overnight they called me a freak. They called me a homosexual. They called me a child molester. They said I bleached my skin. They made everything to turn the public against me. View quote
Michael Jackson
Charles Manson loved the Beatles but didn't understand them. Governor Chris Christie loves Bruce Springsteen but doesn't understand him. And Paul Ryan is clueless about his favorite band, Rage Against the Machine. View quote
Tom Morello