Great Quotes About Little Richard

Etta James : "He was the biggest of them all. And he knew it...he wanted everyone to call him King Richard."

Paul McCartney: "I love his voice and I always wanted to sing like him."

Mick Jagger: "Little Richard is the originator and my first idol."

Jimi Hendrix: "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice."


Smokey Robinson: "Little Richard is the beginning of rock and roll."

Rod Stewart: "The first rock and roll record I listen to was The Girl Can't Help It by Little Richard."

Paul Simon: "When I was in high school I wanted to be like Little Richard."

Keith Richards: "The most exciting moment of my life was appearing on the same stage as Little Richard."

Elton John: "Little Richard's records were the best rock and roll records."

Michael Jackson: "James Brown, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry and Little Richard - I think they had strong influences on a lot of people."

Quincy Jones: "Little Richard was not only a giant but a pioneer of the so-called rock and roll music industry."

David Bowie: "After hearing Little Richard on record, I bought a saxophone and came into the music business. Little Richard was my inspiration."

Wilson Pickett: "Little Richard is the architect of rock and roll."

Pat Boone: "No one has been imitated more than Little Richard."

Funny Beatles Movie Quotes

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964)

Reporter: "How did you find America?" John: "Turn Left at Greenland."

John: "We know how to behave! We've had lessons."

Man On Train: "Don't take that tone with me, young man. I fought the war for your sort." Ringo: "I bet you're sorry you won."



Reporter: "What would you call that hairstyle you're wearing? George: "Arthur."

HELP! (1965)

Paul: "My skin's soaked right through to the skin!"

George: (Discovering a bomb) "Hey, It's a thingie! A fiendish thingie!"

Ringo: "What was it that first attracted you to me?" John: "Well, you're very polite, aren't you?"

John: (To Scotland Yard) "The Great Train Robbery, eh? How's that going?"

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (1967)

Ringo: "Would you stop with your sitting down!"

YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968)

Ringo: "Nothing ever happens to me. I'd jump in the river Mersey but it looks like rain."

Ringo: "Liverpool can be a lonely place on a Saturday night, and this is only Thursday morning."

LET IT BE (1970)

John: "I'd like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we pass the audition."

Ten Defining Beatles Moments

1. Paul McCartney Meets John Lennon  July 6, 1957

2. Brian Epstein "discovers" the Beatles  November 9, 1961

3. The Beatles Meet George Martin

4. Ringo joins The Beatles

5. Beatles Royal Command Performance November 4, 1963. The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret are in attendance.

6. The release of I Want To Hold Your Hand in the U.S.  December 26, 1963. On January 16, 1964 the single reaches no. 1 on the Billboard charts.

7. The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show February 9 1964. The largest TV audience in history.

8. The release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album: Considered by many to be the greatest album (and album cover) ever.

9. The Beatles perform on the Abbey Road studios rooftop January 30 1969: the last time they play live together.

10. The Beatles sign break up papers. John Lennon is the last to sign, officially ending the group, on December 29, 1974.

Quotes About John Lennon

Kurt Cobain: "John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down."

Kevin Spacey: "Growing up, to me, he was a hero."

Meatloaf: "I met Elvis and John Lennon and I was an idiot. A complete moron."

Gary Oldman: "If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon."


Moby: "If you look at someone like Joe Strummer or John Lennon, when you heard their music you knew that they wrote it and they cared about it."

Joey Ramone: "To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people."

Esai Morales: "I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father."

Cynthia Lennon: "John was in constant need of proof of love and security and he was constantly testing people for that proof."

Rick Nielson (Cheap Trick): "Even to this day, if it would have been, 'Hey Rick, you get to play with Elvis, you get to play with Paul McCartney, you get to play with Mick Jagger, or you get to play with John Lennon.' John Lennon is the only one I would have picked out of that bunch."

Peter Fonda: "I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does."

George Martin Quotes

"At the beginning, my speciality was the introductions and the endings, and any instrumental passages in the middle."

"If there is one person I would have to select as a living genius of pop music, it would be Brian Wilson."

"Ringo always got and still gets a unique sound out of his drums, a sound as distinctive as his voice."



"The turning point probably came with the song Yesterday. That was when, as I can see in retrospect, I started to leave my hallmark on the music."

"Imagine my delight when I discovered that the sound of a chicken clucking at the end of Good Morning was remarkably like the guitar sound at the beginning of Sgt. Pepper (reprise)."

"With iPods, mini-recorders and all the new technology, people can lie in their bath and make a rock record."

"Looking back on Pepper, it was quite an icon. It probably did change the face of recording so it became a different kind of art form."

"Gradually, things changed. The boys went into their little spheres and there was more of a rivalry brewing between John and Paul."

"A producer's role is still a mystery to most music listeners, isn't it?"

"You know the Beatles seem to find new audience each time another generation comes along."

Ramones Quotes

Joey: "I enjoyed my life when I had nothing...and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me."

Johnny: "My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are."

Dee Dee: "I got tired of the Ramones around the time I quit and I really got into rap. I thought it was the new punk rock."

Johnny: "Radio is like television, all they want to do is push crap on the public."

Tommy: "We were trying to bring back fun music, bring back the essence of rock 'n' roll."

Johnny: "Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne."


Joey: "To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people."

Dee Dee: "Part of the privilege of being in a band is giving something back to the young people. If you can do anything for them, you should."

Tommy: "I think Paul Mccartney used to call himself Paul Ramon when he checked into hotels, and Dee Dee was a big Paul McCartney fan. He thought it was a laugh."

Joey: "The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it."

Johnny: "We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression."

Joey: "Well, I think we're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world."

Cheap Trick Quotes

Robin Zander: "Music is religion, it's a spiritual thing that transcends everything."

Tom Petersson: "My all-time favorite live record is The Who Live At Leeds. I think that's unbeatable."

Bun E. Carlos: "I'm class of 1969. My favorite bands were The Beatles, Rolling Stones and DC5...then The Who, Jimi Hendrix and Cream."



Robin Zander: "One of the reasons we're called Cheap Trick is because there was a performance of Slade, and Tom looked at Rick or Rick looked at Tom and said something like 'These guys use every cheap trick in the book.'"

Rick Nielsen: "Our band is rock n roll. We were never just a studio band trying to make everything perfect. It was never supposed to be perfect. It was supposed to be cool."

Robin Zander: "When you're young and you don't know any better, getting signed to a major label is what you're after. But you're not really prepared for the business aspect of getting ripped off, because that's what's going to happen."

Rick Nielsen: "Even to this day, if it would have been, 'Hey Rick, you get to play with Elvis, you get to play with Paul McCartney, you get to play with Mick Jagger, or you get to play with John Lennon.' John Lennon is the only one I would have picked out of that bunch."

Bun E. Carlos: "I grew up in a musical family and I had an older brother and sister that would play music all the tim
e."

More Quotes About The Beatles

Brian Wilson: "There's no outdoing The Beatles."

Noel Gallagher: "If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison."

Barry Gibb: "We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question."

Taylor Momsen: "The Beatles did everything first, and they did it the best."

Brian May: "I don't think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis."

Dave Grohl: "From one generation to the next, The Beatles will remain the most important rock band of all time."

Billy Preston: "The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?"

Alex Van Halen: "The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen."

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

Jerry Seinfeld: "The Beatles created something that never trailed off. What a gift that was to their fans. If you're into The Beatles, you loved them from beginning to end"

Great Quotes About Life

George Harrison: "If you don't know where you're going then any road will take you there."

Frank Zappa: "The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life."

Stevie Wonder: "You can't base your life on other people's expectations."

George Michael: "You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart."

Cyndi Lauper: "On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors."

Paul McCartney: "Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing."



Bob Dylan: "A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."

Diana Ross: "I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time."

Joan Jett: "Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything."

Tina Turner: "I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life."

John Lennon: "When I was five years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life."

Billy Joel: "If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time."

Yoko Ono Quotes

"Every drop in the ocean counts."

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."

"What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect."



"I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it"

"I go to the park on Sundays, and I see men pushing babies. And it's beautiful. They don't know that John was the first one to do that. The very first one. No man would be caught doing that before John."

"If John was still alive we would have retired to Cornwall. He said we would be sitting in rocking chairs together, waiting for a postcard to come from Sean."

"Paul, musically, is extremely knowledgeable as well. He's just a quick to write songs. He's just different, that's all."

"No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles."

"Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that."

"Art is my life and my life is art."

"At least I had that, one guy understood me."

Eagles Quotes

Don Henley: "I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock & roll teeth listening to him."

Glen Frey: "Hey, I didn't make a big deal out of Hotel California. The 18 million people that bought it did."

Joe Walsh: "You know, Mozart and Beethoven never got royalty checks."

Don Henley: "I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of."



Bernie Leadon: "It was my choice to leave when I did. I did it for good reasons, and do not regret it."

Don Felder: "We created this monster with Hotel California, and it ate us."

Joe Walsh: "I'd always felt I was so unique, so individual, and nobody understood. I was the exception to everything. And I found out no, I'm an alcoholic. Getting into recovery I found I'm not alone."

Timothy B. Schmit: "The Beatles were massive to me, I learned so much from them. And, of course, Paul McCartney, when it comes to singing and playing the bass, he made a big impression. It's so much harder than it looks, but Paul did make it look easy."

Randy Meisner: "All that stuff and all the arguing amongst the Eagles is over now. Well at least for me."

Don Henley: "Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up."

Glen Frey: "One of my goals is to make a record as good as Don Henley's album, Building The Perfect Beast."

Elton John Quotes

"I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid."

"Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours."

"An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make."

"I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano."

"I'm not a fan of talent shows. I probably wouldn't have lasted if I'd gone on one."

"They influenced me just from the songwriting point of view. Lennon and McCartney, there's no question of it, no one will ever equal the quality of the songs they wrote."

"Every artist who makes it goes through a period where it seems they're invincible. We've seen it with Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and Prince. It just seems like they can't fail. And then suddenly everything levels off."

"In the early 70's there were at least ten albums released every week that were fantastic. Now you're lucky to find ten albums a year of that quality.

"The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too."

"The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star."

Great Rock & Roll Guest Appearances

Edward Van Halen's guitar solo on Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' (1982).

Eric Clapton's guitar solo on the Beatles 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' (1968).

John Lennon playing guitar on David Bowie's 'Fame' (1975).

Mick Jagger singing back up on Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain' (1972).

David Bowie Singing a duet with Bing Crosby on 'Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy' (1982)
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David Gilmour playing guitar on Paul McCartney's 'No More Lonely Nights' (1984).

Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Keith Moon singing background vocals on the Beatles' 'All You Need Is Love' (1967).

Roy Harper singing lead vocals on Pink Floyd's 'Have A Cigar' 91975).

Jimmy Page's guitar solo on the Kink's 'You Really Got Me' (1964).

U2 performing on Robbie Robertson's 'Sweet Fire Of Love' (1987).

k.d. lang singing with Roy Orbison on 'Crying' (1984).

George Harrison playing rhythm guitar on Cream's 'Badge' (1968).

Ozzy Osbourne Quotes

"To be a liar, you've got to have a great memory, and I don't have a memory."

"I knew it was time to get off reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted."

"I wish I didn't have to perform 'Iron Man' every night."

"I used to fantasize that Paul McCartney would marry my sister."

"The idea of a band nowadays is five pretty boys, one with a tattoo, one with a shaved head, and on and on."

"I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat, but that's OK, the bat had to get Ozzy shots."


"One of my greatest regrets is that I urinated on the Alamo."

"The lifestyle I've been living for the last thirty years, I could have been dead a thousand times."

"My mother was an amateur singer, my father was an amateur drunk."

"To be a parent, especially to rock & roll kids, I think being a parent is the most difficult job on the face of the earth. You hate to say things that will upset your kids, but then sometimes you have to because you can't let them run around wild."

"I don't consider myself a great singer, but I have a connection with the audience."

"Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most."

"Could be worse. I could be Sting."

Movies Made About The Beatles

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978): One of the first musicals built around the songs of the Beatles.

I Want To Hold Your Hand (1978): This movie is about a group of kids trying to get into the Ed Sullivan Show to see the Beatles first TV appearance. Produced by Steven Spielberg.

Birth Of The Beatles (1979): The only biopic about the early Beatles made while John Lennon was alive.

John And Yoko, A Love Story (1985): Docudrama about the romance between John Lennon And Yoko Ono.

The Hours And The Times (1991): This movie speculates on what might have happened between John Lennon and Brian Epstein during an actual vacation they took together in 1963.

Back Beat (1994): Another biopic about the early Beatles, this time with actor Stephan Dorff as Stuart Sutcliffe.

The Two Of Us (2000): Fictional afternoon visit between Paul McCartney and John Lennon in New York City 1976.

The Linda McCartney Story (2000): This biographical films covers the romance and marriage of Paul and Linda McCartney.

Across The Universe (2007): Musical that takes place during the Vietnam war era, based on Beatles songs.

Nowhere Boy (2009): This movie is about the teenage years of John Lennon.

Best Paul Is Dead Clues - Part 2: The Album Covers

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: (1) The words "Beatles" are spelled
out in flowers on what looks like a grave with a left-handed guitar (bass?) designed in yellow flowers beside it. (2) there is a hand over Paul's head which in some eastern religions is the sign of death. (3) Paul's armband reads OPD, which some fans interpreted as "Officially Pronounced Dead". It actually reads OPP "Ontario Provincial Police". (4) On the back cover Paul's back is facing the camera.

Magical Mystery Tour: (1) Paul is dressed as a walrus, which is the symbol of death in some countries. (2) Paul's arms are spread wide like a crucifixion. (3) Paul is the only Beatle wearing a black carnation.

Yellow Submarine: John's hand is over Paul's head, symbol of death.

Abbey Road: (1) On the cover George, dressed in denim, represents the gravedigger. Paul, with bare feet and his eyes closed, is the corpse. Ringo, dressed in black, is the undertaker and John, dressed in white, represents the priest. (2) The Volkswagen Beetle in the background has the license plate "28IF" which fans interpreted as Paul would have been 28 if he was still alive.

Best Paul Is Dead Clues - Part 1: The Songs

Strawberry Fields Forever: John says "I buried Paul" at the end of the song (he actually says "cranberry sauce").

She's Leaving Home: The lyrics mention "Wednesday morning at 5 O' clock" which fans interpreted as the day and hour of Paul's death.

A Day In The Life: John sings "he blew his mind out in a car, he hadn't noticed that the lights had changed".

I Am The Walrus: Voices at the end of the song can be heard saying "oh, untimely death" and "bury my dead body".

Glass Onion: One of the Beatles' most famous lyric "here's another clue for you all, the walrus was Paul". The walrus is a symbol of death in some countries.

So Tired: At the end of the song John can be heard saying something that sounds like "Paul is dead, miss him, miss him".

Don't Pass Me By: Ringo sings "you were in a car crash and you lost your hair".

Revolution #9: The Beatles' strangest recording contains crashing sounds which fans thought was a clue that Paul had been in a car accident.

Famous Left-Handed Musicians

Paul McCartney: Bass guitarist and songwriter from The Beatles. His  Hofner bass is one of the most famous instruments in rock history.

Ringo Star: Drummer for The Beatles. Is left-handed but plays a right handed drum kit.

Dick Dale: King of the surf guitars, plays left-handed with the strings backward.

Jimi Hendrix: The most famous left-handed guitarist. Died in 1970.

Tony Iommi: Guitarist From Black Sabbath.

Phil Collins: Drummer for Genesis and solo superstar.

Iggy Pop: One time front man for The Stooges, later successful solo artist.

Bun E. Carlos: Drummer from the band Cheap Trick. Plays both left and right.

Elliot Easton: Guitarist from The Cars.

Kurt Cobain: Lead singer, Guitarist and main songwriter of the Seattle grunge rock band Nirvana. Died in 1994.

George Harrison's Best Beatle Songs

1. Something (1969) George's best song, one which Frank Sinatra described as "the greatest love song ever written." The first number one by the Beatles not written by John or Paul.

2. Here Comes The Sun (1969) From the album "Abbey Road". Peter Tosh and Richie Havens both had hit versions of this song.

3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968) George's best song off  the white album. Some people might be surprised to know that it was Eric Clapton doing the guitar solo. Jeff Healey did a great Cover version.




4. Taxman (1966) George's protest song which appears on the album "Revolver". The guitar solo is actually played by Paul McCartney. Stevie Ray Vaughn, Franz Ferdinand and Power Station all did cover versions.

5. Within You Without You (1967) This song helped popularize world music. Featuring mostly Indian musicians, George is the only Beatle to perform on this track from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

6. Old Brown Shoe (1969) Released as the B-side to "The Ballad Of John And Yoko". George plays both guitar and bass on this one.

7. I Need You (1965) From the movie and album "Help!". One of the first original compositions by George to appear on a Beatles record since 1963's "Don't Bother Me".

8 I Me Mine (1970) The last song recorded by the Beatles (without Lennon). Also the title of his autobiography.

9. For You Blue (1969) From the album "Let It Be". Released as the B-side to "The Long And Winding Road".

10 You Like Me Too Much (1965) From the album "Help!".

More John Lennon Quotes

The wit and wisdom of John Lennon. Here are some of his best quotes.

On Elvis Presley: "Before Elvis, there was nothing."

On The Beatles: " we were a band who made it very, very big. That's all."

On Paul McCartney: " In 'We Can Work It Out', Paul did the first half, I did the middle-eight. But you've got Paul writing; 'we can work it out, we can work it out', real optimistic, you know, and me impatient; 'life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend'."


On George Harrison: "George's relationship with me was one of young follower and older guy. He's three or four years younger than me. It's a love hate relationship and I think George still bears resentment toward me for being a daddy who left home."

On Ringo Starr: "He was always a good drummer. He's not technically good, but I think Ringo's drumming is underrated the same way Paul's bass playing is underrated."

On George Martin: "George made us what we were in the studio. He helped us develop a language to talk to other musicians."

On New York City: "If I'd lived in Roman times, I'd have lived in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman empire and New York is Rome itself."

On Yoko Ono: "It wasn't that she inspired the songs. She inspired me."

On The Sixties: "The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility."

On Fame: "The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you."

On Himself: "I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people."