Jim Ross Quotes

So we used to look for funny songs, and learn them and play them. And we used to play them in pubs.

I like the Rolling Stones for karaoke. 'Sympathy For The Devil' is a great one.

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

There were times I used to go to parties when I was, you know, like 15-, 16-years-old, and I'd always bring my guitar, and all my friends would be like, sing one of the Smokey songs. And everything I sang was his music, and I could sound just like him.

The Beatles did their best cover work on Little Richard's 'Long Tall Sally' and music influenced by Richard, such as Larry Williams's 'Dizzy Miss Lizzie.'

If you look in my CD case, you'll see it's Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, now I can't think of anyone else, but all that stuff.

If we're karaoke-ing, I'm as likely to do Aerosmith as I am 'Sweeney Todd'.

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 similarity between my music and The Beatles' music is it has within it a very positive quality. It's woven with humor.

It's always fun to play songs by somebody else.

The only criterion we used in doing cover material was we wanted to do songs that we wished bands would play when we went out. We were doing Yardbirds and Rolling Stones cover songs-which is not any big deal, but where we were from, all we were getting were Top 40 bands.

I don't sing in the shower, but my go to song to sing in the car: 'Clouds to the left to me. Jokers to the right. Here I am.' 'Stuck in the Middle With You' by Stealers Wheel.

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.

I love bands like Queen, Zeppelin, The Beatles.

I saw Led Zeppelin live for the first time when I was thirteen.

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

For me, this band and the music that I write and this touring thing that I do and playing in front of people, singing, and making a lot of noise on guitar - all that was more important than a lot of other things.

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.

If you want to call me a Karaoke King, I'll take it.

Led Zeppelin was Led Zeppelin when John Bonham was on drums. It's timeless.

The reason I got into music was obviously because of bands like The Beatles and Pink Floyd, things like that.

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

I don't just sit around and play 'Africa' in my house.