#beatles

I would sell 2 million records, a million went to teenagers and a million went to the adults. So, when The Beatles became so popular, I lost a million to the teenagers, but I was still selling a million to the adults. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

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You're always frustrated, you don't have the chance to do a song on the album, like the Beatles did with Ringo and George, or like Led Zeppelin, where everybody was given a chance to contribute. There never is a chance with the Stones. ↗

— Bill Wyman

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I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

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I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history. ↗

— Glenn Hughes

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Almost everything The Beatles did was great, and it's hard to improve on. They were our Bach. The way to get around it may be to keep it as simple as possible. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

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The Beatles were raw musically, but I think they really had something. ↗

— Brenda Lee

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You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth. ↗

— John Lennon

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They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

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At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod. ↗

— Paul McCartney

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

— Paul McCartney

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