Astrid Kirchherr Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

There's so many influential albums my parents would put on. Like the first album I ever heard was 'Help!' by the Beatles and from there I just loved rock music.

From the first time I saw them, I knew they weren't just five dirty little boys from Liverpool without an education.

I like the Beatles very much, and there are certain things about the Stones that I like.

As a performing group, the Beatles began by playing old rock favorites, for dancing, to tough audiences in Liverpool and Hamburg. When they began writing seriously, they discovered that they couldn't compose in the early American rock tradition.

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

I think the Beatles are a lot of people's favorite band.

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

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.

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.

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.

If I could be in any band, I think it would have to be The Beatles. That would have been a lot of fun.

I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.

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

I'm a giant Beatles fan.

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.

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.'

My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.

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

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.