Kevin Parker Quotes

There's so many influential albums my parents would put on. Like the first album I ever heard was 'Help!' by the Beatles and from there I just loved rock music.

I don't hate pop music. I liked the Beatles, but then, I knew them.

I like records that are all over the place. That's why I think my favorite Beatles record was always 'The White Album.'

Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its own special charm.

I don't know any Beatles songs. My dad never listened to Elvis or Sting or Bowie. Any band name that's on a t-shirt, I probably won't know their music, like AC/DC or whatever. I don't know what that is. As a kid, I would sing along to artists like Tania Maria.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.

I really like The Beatles.

There are... certainly more innovations on 'Revolver'... but the truth of the matter is 'Sgt. Pepper' has something that was just completely different and unique at that moment.

I listen to a lot of Beatles. I have a very specific Beatles discography that I go to.

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.

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

I love the Beatles, and when I was very young, I had young parents, so Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles constantly were big influences on my life.

My first favorite band that made music important to me was the Beatles. I was a little kid. I didn't know who was singing what song or who wrote what song.

Every so often, I feel I should graduate to classical music, properly. But the truth is, I'm more likely to listen to rock music.

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.

All I can say is thank God my stepdaughter's favourite band in the whole wide world is The Beatles. We do have dance parties to 'Wannabe' though.

I remember, when I was a kid, listening to the radio and hearing 'Big Bad John' by Jimmy Dean - and it just blew me away. I used to sit there and call the radio stations and request that song. And then the Beatles were obviously out already, but I really didn't know about the Beatles.

My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.

I grew up listening to the Beatles and being an ardent Beatles fan when I was in third grade all the way to adulthood, and listening to all kinds of music that came to us either at the flea market or in our living rooms or on the 'Ed Sullivan' show - all these places we were influenced by.

I'm a giant Beatles fan.

I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid.

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.

And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time.

Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.