Gilbert O'Sullivan Quotes

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.

What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.

The Beatles just changed everything right across the board. They just had that right combination of clean-cut good looks - a cute band - but under that they had a real rock n' roll thing going on.

It's nearly redundant to enumerate the reasons The Beatles are important. There are probably different reasons why The Beatles are important to a musician like myself and to the millions of Beatles fans who just enjoy listening to the music.

I grew up a massive Beatles fan.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair doesn't mean that we're rebellious.

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

I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis.

I wasn't really terribly familiar with the Beatles when I met George. They were just emerging. They certainly weren't as big as they became later on. I just knew them as a pop group, and that's all. I was keener on George as a man and a person, as opposed to someone in a band.

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

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.

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

The Beatles exist apart from myself. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion, and until the end of my life, people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.

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

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.

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

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.

I was wanting something new, and for me the Beatles were... outstanding. I was breathless, speechless.

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.

I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.

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

Nervousness was never something I would ever associate with the Beatles ever. A Hard Day's Night was relatively unscathed by marijuana, but even then they were quite relaxed about it.

I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid.