Jack Black Quotes

Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.

I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the States.

Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles.

I grew up a massive Beatles fan.

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

There's no place in the world you can go and not hear rock-and-roll, from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Phil Collins.

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

I made up my mind that I was going to be just like Elvis. It never occurred to me that Elvis was a man. I just wanted to be him. He had a huge impact on me, right down to that black leather jumpsuit he wore on the '68 Comeback Special.

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

I was 12 in '55 when rock and roll hit. It just completely transformed me.

Rock n' roll means so much more to people; it enriches the culture. Also, it inspires people; there's no half-feeling. When I first got into it, I was inspired by people who had come before me, and I found myself in the position of handing that on.

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

There's only one band that could ever even pretend to assume the mantle of what the Beatles did, who have been so pre-eminent and world-dominating that they could effect a paradigm shift in the culture, who have been willing to leverage their success into musical change, and that is U2 - regardless of what the result of that is.

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.

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

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.

Elvis is symbolic of a lot of things, dreams coming true being one of them.

The genius of rock music is that it matched the cultural hysteria around it.

Guns 'N' Roses music was part of the fabric of all people.

You can't love music without loving the Beatles.

No matter what happens in the future, rock and roll will save the world.

I never liked the Beatles. I thought they were garbage.

Rock music is stronger than sports. That's why. Rock rules. Around the world, who's more famous: Willie Mays or Paul McCartney?

Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious Technicolor.