Astrid Kirchherr Quotes

And my biggest revelation that will never be beaten is the Beatles. I couldn't believe that I'd gone my whole life without knowing all those songs.

If I could be in any band, I think it would have to be The Beatles. That would have been a lot of fun.

My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.

Nobody can compare themselves to what The Beatles went through. It was wild.

One day, Travi$ is going to be moving like The Beatles.

Well, the first time I met The Beatles was through my former boyfriend, Klaus Voormann, who saw them one night when he was wandering around Hamburg and then he heard this beautiful sound of rock 'n' roll music.

The Beatles are here, and if you could see me my hand is on the ceiling. Styx is here, and my hand is in the basement.

The Beatles are the most credible band in the history of music.

The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.

We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that.

But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music.

As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference.

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

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

I think maybe because of the kind of music I sing, people want to believe you're a diva. They can't believe after eight years, and eight albums, you're still relatively sane. I feel like they almost want me to throw something at somebody.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father.

Anyone who knows the history of the Pete Best Band or the Combo, we were on the verge of breaking in in America. In the mid-'60s, I had great songwriters; we wrote some great stuff.

The Beatles changed music forever. They took rock n' roll from a medium that was about cars and girls and gave it context, interesting chord changes and true musicianship.

'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.

When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.'

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later.

I do come shackled with whatever people think I am.