#beatles

The Beatles had just come out, and everybody had a band. It was incredible competition out there. ↗

— Gregg Allman

#beatles #come #competition #everybody #had

I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops. ↗

— Jon Anderson

#beatles #been #chops #happy #how

He made it quite clear that if I didn't play the role, I would be dead within a week. As you can imagine, the guy who turned down Hagrid would be like the guy who called the Beatles a guitar band. So I couldn't possibly refuse, really. ↗

— Robbie Coltraine

#beatles #called #clear #dead #down

The first time I heard The Beatles, I cried. It was 'Let it Be'. ↗

— James Durbin

#cried #first #first time #heard #i

I'll be honest. We copied everyone... the Beatles, the Bachelors. It was the only way people would even listen to you. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#beatles #copied #even #everyone #honest

The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen. ↗

— Alex Van Halen

#back #beatles #david #get #halen

You can't beat The Beatles, you join 'em. ↗

— Peggy Lee

#beatles #join #you

If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try. ↗

— Stephen Malkmus

#after #bands #beatles #because #best

My roots are more in he Beatles, Zeppelin, the whole 60's side. ↗

— Pat Mastelotto

#more #roots #side #whole #zeppelin

Show me that I m everywhere and get me home for tea. ↗

— George Harrison

#epigram #philosophy #tea