''Hey Jude,' now that’s beautiful. That should be what music is all about. The Beatles were great performers, too; we worked together in Hamburg before they were famous. You could tell they had something, you know. Because they didn’t sound like nobody else. They really did

'Really, I got into music having heard the Beatles. And to this day, most people I know regret not having been a Beatle [chuckles]. I mean, they were just the most amazing force. In the UK, when they came out, there was a huge social and cultural change, which was led by their

'I was brought up on that music. I learned how to sing singing their songs. I learned harmony listening to John Lennon's voice. If anything went wrong, I'd go into my room and put on a Beatles record, and I got a lot of comfort from that. I thought they were the best thing

'I read somewhere that empathy is part genetic. That some people are genetically wired to have more empathy than others. So, it may be predisposed – but I think it’s also taught. And I can go back and say that my empathy 'muscle' was worked out by Beatles songs. Things like

'We wanted to put a twist on things, 'cause the whole album [In Search of...] is not really a hip-hop album. It's more like a mixture of different things. And the last great group that we remember that's just musical . . . the musical Gods to me, and us, is the Beatles.'

'I was living in Berlin. Whenever my half-sister came to visit us, she always brought her Beatles records. My mother and she were both like teenagers. When my father [Klaus Kinski] wasn’t there, they would put on the Beatles and dance like crazy . . . [And] when I was between

'You know, I was such a big Beatles fan. When I'd buy a new Beatles album I'd invariably hate it the first time I heard it, 'cause it was a mixture of absolute joy and absolute frustration. I couldn't grasp what they'd done, and I'd hate myself for that.'
-- #AndyPartridge

'I think that, now, we can talk about the Beatles as 'classical' writers and singers.'
--Charles Aznavour

#Songwriting #Chanson #Icon #CharlesAznavour #TheBeatles

'Look, to me it’s the greatest body of recorded music in history. I think the world would be a much better place if the Beatles were still around and making music for us.'
--@NilsLofgren

#HallOfFame #NilsLofgren #Guitar #Grin #Springsteeen #CrazyHorse #TheBeatles

'The amazing thing about the Beatles, for me, was that every record sounded different, every song sounded different, and it was still the same people. So, working on our early albums – specifically The Yes Album and then Fragile – that’s when we really opened up and found our

'We had been fighting for two and a half years to get me out of prison and convince the authorities that my cause was just. John Lennon came and played at my rally - and I got out of prison three days later. He was a sweet guy, regular and down to earth. He was an

'The Beatles were the marriage of rock and roll and beauty.'
-- #AlecBaldwin

#Emmys #GoldenGlobes #HABF #TheBeatles

'Fats loved the Beatles. Because we all loved the Beatles. I mean, what a sensation they brought to the music business. You know, if it wasn’t for the Crescent City [New Orleans] there would be nothing, and if it wasn’t for the Beatles, Fats Domino and people like myself would

'In 1968 I was in the hole in Soledad State Prison. The hole is a place where you go to make noise and scream and yell. So it’s always noisy. And this song came on – Hey Jude, don’t be afraid . . . the hole got quiet! And quieter. And quieter. Pretty soon, all you heard

'I think that so many bands and singers and songwriters were influenced by the Beatles - their beautiful harmony, and the way they opened up the possibilities of a pop song, to make it almost . . . operettic. Something bigger - but within the length of a song. Such a

'I stand in total awe of the Beatles. I don’t think their greatness can be overstated. To me, they’re bigger than music: they changed the mindset of an entire generation and brought about a revolution without ever having to fire a shot. Because it was a revolution of the mind,

This must have seemed laughable, even delusional, in '65 when rock and roll was thought of as transient pap. And yet Brian wasn't the only one. Derek Taylor, in the liner notes to Beatles For Sale in late '64, made the same crazy claim: 'When, in a generation or so, a

'I was walking home from junior high school, and I’m walking by this place called The Sugar Shack and they had a speaker outside. I remember the DJ said, 'This is the Beatles’ new song, I Am The Walrus.' And I stood there . . . and I melted. I just thought it was the greatest

'Those guys are so fantastic, so far advanced in what they wrote, it’s just incredible. I think the music of the Beatles had a phenomenal effect upon the whole world.'
--Al Green

#TheReverend #Soul #RandB #AlGreen #TheBeatles

'The Beatles were huge for me; there was just an incredible display of human creativity at work. Every album is great. Without them, I don't know if I even would have become a musician or a guitar player.'
--Pat Metheny

#Jazz #Guitar #PatMethenyGroup #TheBeatles