British Invasion Quotes

• The eyes of the world are upon you.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Eye, D Day, World

  Order of the Day, 2 June 1944

  59 Copy quote

  Show source

• The British invasion was the most important event of my life. I was in New Jersey and the night I saw the Beatles changed everything. I had seen Elvis before and he had done nothing for me, but these guys were in a band.

  Steven Van Zandt

  Night, Important Events, Guy

  5 Copy quote

• Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion.

  Ronnie Wood

  White, Invasion, British

  4 Copy quote

• The British invasion certainly made a lot of noise in the record industry.

  Jeff Barry

  Records, Invasion, Noise

  "Rock and Roll". "In The Groove", openvault.wgbh.org. September 1995.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• In 1965, my father was just twirling the dial of the radio to find something that would make me go to sleep, and as soon as I heard rock and roll there was no stopping me. It was during the height of Beatlemania and the British invasion, but I gravitated toward the harder, heavier music going on then, you know, the early Rolling Stones, the good Rolling Stones, and Paul Revere and the Raiders, who don't get the credit they deserve for spearheading the American '60s garage sound.

  Jello Biafra

  Father, Sleep, Rocks

  Interview with Jodi Vander Molen, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. February 1, 2002.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Those original, black, spirited, defiant, rebellious musical masters. Chuck Berry was one of the first masters of Les Paul's new electric guitar; he pretty much laid down the gauntlet, and I don't think anybody's ever beat him since. Way before the British Invasion, I was tuned into the black guys that created the British Invasion. Without Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and the Motown hits, there would be no Beatles.

  Ted Nugent

  Thinking, Guitar, Water

  "Ted Nugent & Henry Rollins: American Flag/Black Flag". Elmore Magazine Interview, www.elmoremagazine.com. November 3, 2013.

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.

  Anna Sui

  Band, Invasion, Punk

  "The Headliner". Interview with Amanda Fortini, www.elle.com. May 4, 2011.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I loved the MC5 and the Stooges, but also, the British Invasion - the Kinks and the Yardbirds - and then Led Zeppelin, of course. Alice Cooper was one of my favorite bands.

  John Varvatos

  Bird, Band, Zeppelins

  "Hot Tracks: John Varvatos". Interview with Lisa Robinson, www.vanityfair.com. October 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source