George Best Quotes

Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.

Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania.

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.

Jimi Hendrix played loud and free, Sergeant Pepper was real to me.

I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid.

From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.

The first album I bought with my own money was 'A Hard Day's Night.'

The music I listened to as a kid - the Stones, the Beatles - that was so rebellious at the time, it became mainstream.

I used to love the Beatles and the Stones and I'd always want to hang out with them, even though they were about seven years older.

The Beatles were something everyone had in common; this was thirty years ago, there was Dr. Who and everybody knew who the Daleks were and there was The Beatles and everybody knew who George Harrison was.

The Beach Boys already had about four or five albums under our belt when these newcomers, The Beatles, took the U.S. by storm in early 1964.

I was such a massive fan of all the '60s pop bands, but if I had to single out one band, it would definitely be The Beatles.

I had this image before Boy George, before the Beatles, before the Rolling Stones.

The Beatles kind of pervade everything. They're always kind of part of everyone's lives.

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.

The Beatles had a huge impact on me. I did 'Strawberry Fields Forever', and we worked it out in an open tuning. That's such a beautiful song, and I think I did it in a different way.

I grew up watching English films and listening to The Doors and The Beatles.

The Beatles were a huge influence on me to write really good melodies.

After the Ed Sullivan Show, Feb. 9, 1964, at approx. 8:04pm [laughs], after that moment every album, every guitar, evey set of drums that was ever sold ... 10% should have gone right into their pocket!

I honestly grew up listening to the Stones more. But that doesn't mean I don't love the Beatles.

In terms of what influenced me, I grew up on The Beatles, and I always was struck by their dry British sense of humor.

I just sort of grew up with music always in the background like a soundtrack. And it really hit me hard when The Beatles came along, like so many people. That got me started digging back further to Chuck Berry.

I'm just old enough to be able to say I got those very first Beatles records right as they were hitting America. My father brought them home. It was definitely the earliest musical influence on my life, and still one of the greatest.

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

I think all of The Beatles were from an era when certainly playing was important to them, and they were cutting edge. But for all time, they're master composers.