My father GAVE me one of those small, box-sized travel players when I was a kid and just a handful of records that he had. 'Zeppelin IV' was one. 'The BEATLES at the Hollywood Bowl,' which is just about the WORST RECORD ever - you can't hear anything, just screaming in the background. I think there was maybe, like, an Animals record.

The Beatles exist apart from myself. I am not REALLY Beatle George. Beatle George is LIKE a suit or shirt that I once wore on OCCASION, and until the END of my life, people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.

What GOOD are THREE BEATLES WITHOUT JOHN?

The BEATLES CHANGED everything . I knew I couldn't COMPETE, couldn't be as cool, so I went completely the other way.

My inspirations include the BEATLES - LOVE, love, love them - Elton John, Carole KING, and Stevie Wonder.

I LISTEN to a LOT of BEATLES. I have a very SPECIFIC Beatles discography that I GO to.

My kids will come to me and ask me to listen to a 'NEW sound' they think they've discovered. One time it was the BEATLES' 'Yesterday,' and the new sound was FOUR strings. All of a SUDDEN the new generation discovers the string quartet!

When I was 9, I was into T. Rex, Gary GLITTER, and Alice Cooper. I knew The Beatles because my nan introduced me to them, but T. Rex was the FIRST BAND I got into myself. I got 'Metal Guru' a few MONTHS after hearing 'Children of the Revolution' in Pwllheli in North Wales at a MARKET.

When I was LITTLE, I was LISTENING to the Beatles, BOB Marley, Janis Joplin, and stuff. I had a big soul music culture, and not so much a French one.

The BEATLES and the Stones had Elvis and Hollywood, but when it CAME to my generation AMERICA meant Richard Nixon and VIETNAM.

I ACTUALLY felt sorry for LIVERPOOL bands LIKE Bunnymen and Wah!, having this immense pressure of following the Beatles. I suppose I responded to that CHALLENGE by being nothing like them. I carved my own thing.

I MUST have been six or seven - standing in front of a full-length mirror with a yardstick, pretending to be JOHN Lennon. In my head, I was always going to be a SINGER, and The BEATLES were probably the first musicians that had a major impact.

I think of the Avengers as The BEATLES, and the Guardians are the ROLLING Stones. That is REALLY how I feel about the groups.

I LOVED 'Rain' and its take on the BEATLES. The WAY they used a timeline and news REEL to create a mood, and crafted set changes throughout, it was stunning.

I think great songs appeal to people at any age. KIDS LOVE the BEATLES, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course, Tom T. WROTE some things that were specifically for kids. But I think kids recognize quality more than they get CREDIT for sometimes.