Denny Laine Quotes

I knew Paul when he was in the Beatles. We did the second Beatles British tour with the Moody Blues. And we became friends. I went to a couple of the sessions for the 'Sgt. Pepper' album, we went to parties together, we went to see Jimi Hendrix together.

I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.

It's like this - these five members have been influenced of course by other groups, because that's where this generation's groups came from - an environment like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and The Who. People like that.

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

Paul and I were friends, the Moody Blues toured with the Beatles on the second British tour. That developed into me working with Paul, whom I always admired.

I've never written to a band since the Beatles. Since the Dave Clark Five!

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.

I grew up on oldies like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and The Who.

I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know.

The British invasion was the most important event of my life. I was in New Jersey and the night I saw the Beatles changed everything. I had seen Elvis before and he had done nothing for me, but these guys were in a band.

I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid.

I'm touched by rock n' roll. I'm touched by the Beatles. I want some of the music I do to reflect that.

The Rascals are something else. They're up there with the Beatles, and Stones and Byrds. That level of musicality. They have a real chemistry. It is like magic.

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

When we toured... I was hungry to take out people like Jeff Beck in front of us; Fleetwood Mac, just before they hit; Heart, just before they hit.

I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up.

I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Jimi Hendrix is still one of my heroes.

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.

I love rock and roll. Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong decade because I love Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix and... those are my bands.

The Beatles saved the world from boredom.

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.

The Dave Clark Five had more appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' than The Beatles.

The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.

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

Both the Beatles and The Rolling Stones broke on the music scene the summer I was in England. I can vividly remember hearing 'She Loves You' in August 1963.