The Beatles were very, very intelligent men. They represented a much different type of identity that the UK – and even the world –had ever seen before. "They raised the status of the young in much the same fashion by proving themselves to be every bit as articulate and talented as their supposed elders and betters. They challenged longstanding ethnic hierarchies by suggesting that the Southerners were equal to the citizens in the North; Britain was no better than Ireland or India. At their most idealistic, they held that anyone was capable of anything if freed from the constraints of conventional society –something they set out to demonstrate."
“I have never seen anything like it. Nor heard any noise to approximate the ceaseless, frantic, hysterical scream which met the Beatles when they took the stage after what seemed a hundred years of earlier acts. All very good, all marking time, because no one had come for anything other than the Beatles... "
-Derek Taylor (English Journalist)
"The Beatles were the band that made me realize it was possible to make a living as a musician … When I heard the Beatles, I said, ‘That’s what I want to do!’”
-Billy Joel (American Singer-Songwriter)
"We were driving through Colorado, we had the radio on, and eight of the Top 10 songs were Beatles songs...'I Wanna Hold Your Hand,' all those early ones. They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid... I knew they were pointing the direction of where music had to go."
-Bob Dylan (American Singer-Songwriter)
"For anyone not around at the time, it is rather hard to explain how society began to change in the US (it has already changed in the UK) simply because a little known band called The Beatles. "
-Perrya
"Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible."
-T-Bone Burnett (American Singer-Songwriter)
“That’s my No. 1 biggest influence. If you’re a rock musician and you say you don’t like The Beatles, then you’re a jerk. You’re just trying to be cool, but you’re really not. You can’t deny The Beatles.”
-Jana Peri (American power pop/rock n roll sensation)
-Derek Taylor (English Journalist)
"The Beatles were the band that made me realize it was possible to make a living as a musician … When I heard the Beatles, I said, ‘That’s what I want to do!’”
-Billy Joel (American Singer-Songwriter)
"We were driving through Colorado, we had the radio on, and eight of the Top 10 songs were Beatles songs...'I Wanna Hold Your Hand,' all those early ones. They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid... I knew they were pointing the direction of where music had to go."
-Bob Dylan (American Singer-Songwriter)
"For anyone not around at the time, it is rather hard to explain how society began to change in the US (it has already changed in the UK) simply because a little known band called The Beatles. "
-Perrya
"Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible."
-T-Bone Burnett (American Singer-Songwriter)
“That’s my No. 1 biggest influence. If you’re a rock musician and you say you don’t like The Beatles, then you’re a jerk. You’re just trying to be cool, but you’re really not. You can’t deny The Beatles.”
-Jana Peri (American power pop/rock n roll sensation)