The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there. – Gregg Allman
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. – Paul Weller
Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn’t discover them until I was 18 years old. – Danger Mouse
Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and guys like Cat Stevens and Elton John. – Dave Mustaine
The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them. – George Harrison
There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing. – John Deacon
I haven’t been afraid of John Coltrane or Miles Davis or Bill Evans or Wayne Shorter or Herbie Hancock. Why would I be afraid of the Beatles? – Kurt Elling
Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised. – Lenny Kravitz
When I was a tiny tot, we only had one record player in the house, so there was either Genesis on it or the Jungle Book or The Beatles as well, and various other things. – Rick Astley
I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Jimi Hendrix is still one of my heroes. – Robert Cray
So whenever I hear The Beatles I always feel I’ve got a lot in common with everybody else. – Robyn Hitchcock
The Beatles were something everyone had in common; this was thirty years ago, there was Dr. Who and everybody knew who the Daleks were and there was The Beatles and everybody knew who George Harrison was. – Robyn Hitchcock
I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba. – Pete Waterman
What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect. – Yoko Ono
