Gordon Lightfoot Quotes

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

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

Ready, Steady, Go!' was the show of the '60s in London, where the Beatles, the Stones and the DC5, and every other major act started.

I knew The Beatles before because we did our first television with them, 'Thank Your Lucky Stars.'

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

I think up until '71 or '72, Herman's Hermits had our second and third Number One records in 1969 and 1970. You know, the first one was in 1964. It was just a question of the American success being so outrageous, that that attracted the most attention.

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!

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

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 find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad.

Ringo Starr may not have much of a voice, but when he sang a song on a Beatle album, it had its own special charm.

I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force.

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.

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

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.'

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

As every teenage girl, I was absolutely obsessed with The Beatles, and the first record I bought was 'Please Please Me.' I'd have been 13 at the time.

C'mon, I mean who didn't listen to 'The Who' in the 60s?

I watched 'I Love the '80s' on VH1.

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.

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.

I was in about in the 8th grade when I started recording R&B, so much of what was on was the Motown sound, and The Beatles had pretty much come over and taken America by storm.

I was one of the first artists to make a buzz about '106 & Park.' If it wasn't for that show, I wouldn't be the entertainer that I am today.