Brian Wilson Quotes

The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best.

The Beatles were perfect. There's just no other way to say it. They were the perfect band.

Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera.

The Beatles will go on and on.

If we'd know we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.

The Beatles will exist without us.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

The Beatles weren't like any other band. Everybody in the band sang, which is why you knew everybody in the band.

The Beatles were in a different stratosphere, a different planet to the rest of us. All I know is when I heard 'Love Me Do' on the radio, I remember walking down the street and knowing my life was going to be completely different now the Beatles were in it.

I got to see The Beatles a couple of times. In fact, I saw their last performance ever in San Francisco. The Beatles were massive to me - I learned so much from them.

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

I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.

I grew up a massive Beatles fan.

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

The Beatles were basically a vocal band.

My sister discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia. Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album.

There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.

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 did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?

The Beatles mean so much to so many people, you know? Everybody has at least one song of The Beatles that's one of their favorite songs of all time.

The Beatles have always had a big effect on me.

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

I can only say this with all relative humility: I saw myself as a Beatle.

I remember when I discovered The Beatles with music and The Beatles peaked before I was born and when I discovered them I felt really special.