Jon Landau Quotes

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

We were very influenced by The Beatles, no question.

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

I wish I lived in the '60s because I'm a big fan of the Beatles.

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

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.

the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less

I don't care about the word 'pop'. The Beatles were pop; it's just what's popular.

When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side.'

I learned a lot about what I do with my craft, how I present my music. A lot of things about him were very much an influence on me and everybody else. Once you get in that fold and you're around it, you get to experience something that I don't think we'll ever see again. There will never be anybody like Frank Sinatra. Ever.

The Dave Clark Five had more appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' than The Beatles.

I don't hate pop music. I liked the Beatles, but then, I knew them.

We all like all of that, from 'Rubber Soul' to 'The White Album' and all of that, but even before, we were into that theatrical element of things. We didn't want to do a 'Sgt. Pepper's' thing.

Anything to do with the Beatles is very complicated.

I liked the Beatles and all the folk rockers.

I don't believe in Beatles.

I knew the Beatles songs and how influential they are to other bands, but I'm not a fanatic, so I could look outside the box and observe.

If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles.

I grew up listening to AM radio in the '70s and hearing all of that great soul and rhythm and blues music, which definitely influenced the way I sing. But singing gospel has made me a much more humble person. There are so many people who were geniuses who only a few people knew about when they were alive.

Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.

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

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

In 1952, Muddy cut the song 'Rollin' Stone.' It was a nationwide success, and the song echoes down through rock n' roll history. Bob Dylan cut a tribute by the same name, an English band decided to call themselves the Rolling Stones, and the magazine that first embraced music as a serious cultural phenomenon was itself called 'Rolling Stone.'

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.