30 Quotes About The Beatles from Famous Names

The Beatles achieved an unprecedented level of fame that transcended the boundaries of music and made them global icons

1. “The Beatles are not merely awful; I would consider it sacrilegious to say anything less than that they are godawful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art, that they qualify as crowned heads of antimusic.” – William F. Buckley Jr.
2. “The Beatles are the greatest cultural force we’ve ever had.” – Steven Spielberg
3. “I was trained to be a concert pianist. The Beatles kind of knocked that out of me.” – Billy Joel
4. “For me, the Beatles are proof of the existence of God.” – Paul McCartney
5. “The Beatles are a big part of our musical culture, and to be recognized for that is really special.” – Ringo Starr
6. “The Beatles are the ones I know the best. They were the first band I was really exposed to.” – Mick Jagger
7. “The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: you wrote your own material.” – Bruce Springsteen
8. “There’s only one band that could ever possibly be the greatest band in the world, and that’s The Beatles.” – Liam Gallagher
9. “I’m not afraid to say that the Beatles were the greatest songwriters in the world.” – Dave Grohl
10. “The Beatles are something everyone has in common; they’re like Shakespeare.” – Anne Hathaway
11. “I don’t think there will ever be a band as big as The Beatles.” – Taylor Swift
12. “I owe everything to The Beatles.” – Harry Styles
13. “The Beatles’ story is all of our stories.” – Tom Hanks
14. “The Beatles were something more than four extraordinary musicians; they became a social and cultural phenomenon.” – Carlos Santana
15. “The Beatles were the best thing since sliced bread. That’s why we formed the band, to take over the world.” – Keith Richards
16. “The Beatles were the blueprint for what we all do.” – Jon Bon Jovi
17. “The Beatles were an antidote to austerity.” – Noel Gallagher
18. “The Beatles changed everything.” – Quincy Jones
19. “To me, John Lennon and The Beatles were a band of great diversity.” – Bob Dylan
20. “The Beatles didn’t only change music; they changed the whole culture.” – Alice Cooper
21. “The Beatles’ music is timeless.” – Elton John
22. “The Beatles were like aliens, coming down to Earth.” – Eric Clapton
23. “The Beatles were always breaking new ground. They were always doing something different.” – Billy Corgan
24. “The Beatles changed the way people looked at music.” – Mick Fleetwood
25. “The Beatles had the ability to make you feel something, to make you think.” – Eddie Vedder
26. “The Beatles were the first to do a lot of things. They were innovators.” – Jimmy Page
27. “The Beatles represented freedom.” – Roger Daltrey
28. “The Beatles were not just a musical group; they were a cultural phenomenon.” – Bono
29. “The Beatles opened the door for everybody else.” – David Bowie
30. “The Beatles were the soundtrack to my youth.” – Paul Simon

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