Louis Tomlinson Quotes

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!

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

I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and that's the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

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.

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

Jeff and Mike had taken drum lessons at a young age. When the Beatles came out in '64, we all wanted to play guitar.

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

I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid.

I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album.

We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good, you've got The Beatles, The Beach Boys, all of Motown, and plenty of other people, too... amazing records, amazing songs.

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

The New York that Frank Sinatra sang about, people will never know that place. The New Orleans that Louis Armstrong sang about is the New Orleans that's still there - it's preserved.

New York City has more rock history in its 305 square miles than most of America combined.

So don't get me wrong, I love my songs, and I still love hearing them. That's history, baby.

From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time.

I never saw The Beatles live. I was very aware of them, though.

I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power.

I was 19 or 20 when The Beatles were at their peak, and I was coming up to the peak of my career, too. I was also the first footballer to have long hair, and that's how I got my nickname 'the Fifth Beatle.'

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.

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.

We are just continually surprised and obviously happy that the interest in Queen and Freddie keeps alive. It's a constant source of pleasure for ourselves.

The whole British music scene of the mid-sixties had a pretty profound effect on me.

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.

Anything to do with the Beatles is very complicated.