Best George Harrison quotes

The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them.

The world used us as an excuse to go mad.

I'll play what you want or I won't play at all.

The Beatles will exist without us.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

The Beatles saved the world from boredom.

As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.

With our love, we could save the world.

With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

Life goes on within you and without you.

My son looks more like George Harrison than I do.

Interesting facts about Led Zeppelin

• Led Zeppelin are one of the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock.
• Led Zeppelin band was formed in 1968 by Jimmi Page.
• Led Zeppelin are widely considered to be one of the most successful, innovative and influential bands in the history of rock music.
• Led Zeppelin deliberately misspelled their first part of their name so people (especially American people) would not mispronounce it.
• The English band have sold over 300 million albums worldwide according to some sources.
• Led Zeppelin have sold 111.5 million certified units in the U.S.
• LZ is the second best selling band of all time in North America.
• Rolling Stone magazine has described Led Zeppelin as "the heaviest band of all time".
• Led Zeppelin four members were Jimmi Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones
• Stairway to Heaven is ranked # 1 on rock.com's top 500 classic rock songs.
• Led Zeppelin and The Beatles are the only two bands to ever have 5 diamond albums.
• Led Zeppelin was awarded Most Successful Song with their song Stairway to Heaven.
• The group never had a major “hit” on the Billboard charts, but ruled the airwaves and the arenas.

QUOTES ABOUT LED ZEPPELIN

John Bonham - «With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by.»

Kip Winger - «Good records - from my point of view, where I grew up which was Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull... bands that were pushing the envelope a little - musically and in production.»

Jon Fishman - «Led Zeppelin was pretty much what made me pick up drum sticks.»

Ronnie Hawkins - «I am a cross between Carl Perkins and Led Zeppelin.»

Freddie Mercury - «We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, and that was the case with Zeppelin as well.»

Ann Wilson - «Led Zeppelin, you can't find a better band to pay homage to.»

Facts about U2 band

• Formed in 1976, U2 band consists of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen, Jr.
• They are an Irish rock band from Dublin.
• In 2005, the Irish band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• U2 has sold approximately 50.5 million albums in the United States.
• U2 have won twenty-two Grammy Awards, more than any other rock band.
• In December 1979, U2 performed their first shows in London.
• Throughout their career U2 have campaigned for human rights and philanthropic causes.
• Their song, "With or Without You", is the 7th most requested song at funerals in the UK.
• Most of the group's initial material consisted of cover songs.
• Adam Clayton was born in Chinnor, Oxfordshire on March 13, 1960
• Bono is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, and also knows some Gaelic.
• Paul Hewson (Bono) was born in Rotunda Hospital, Dublin on May 10, 1960
• U2 have sold more than 170 million records worldwide.
• Bono is perhaps the best-known advocate for finding a cure for AIDS and helping the impoverished in Africa
• U2's frontman, Bono, is the only person, who has been nominated for an Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and a Nobel Prize.
• Dave Evans (The Edge) was born in Barking Maternity Hospital, east London, on August 8, 1961
• U2 was the fourth rock band to be featured on the cover of Time magazine (following The Beatles, The Band, and The Who).
• Many people think that U2 derived its name from the Irish Unemployment form.
• Larry Mullen Jr. was born in Artane, Dublin on October 31, 1961.
• U2 appeared on the animated Sitcom The Simpsons. It was on the 200th episode called Trash of the Titans.

QUOTES ABOUT U2

Bono - «U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.»

Sharon Osbourne - «Have you seen U2's live show? It's boring as hell. It's like watching CNN.»

Bono - «Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.»

Iggy Pop - «I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.»

Richard Marx - «I've always loved groups like U2 and Coldplay.»

Some facts about The Rolling Stones

• The Rolling Stones were founded in April 1962
• Brian Jones initially led The Rolling Stones.
• Director Martin Scorsese has used the song ‘Gimme Shelter’ in 4 of the films he has made.
• The song Satisfaction has the second greatest guitar riff in history.
• The Rolling Stones band members consisted of Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts at the beginning.
• The 1967 Rolling Stones single ‘We Love You’ feature Paul McCartney and John Lennon and on backing vocals.
• Jagger and Richards, guest starred in The Simpsons episode, How I Spent My Strummer Vacation.
• The band got their name from a song they borrowed from Muddy Waters.
• The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
• Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are ranked the second greatest song writing team by rock.com.
• The Rolling Stones song ‘One Hit (to the Body)’, featured on the 1986 album Dirty Work, featured Jimmy Page on guitar.
• More than 1.500.000 people attended The Rolling Stones Copacabana Beach Show on February 2006.
• During the 60's The Rolling Stones were 2nd on the rating charts only having The Beatles over rank them.
• In nearly half a century, The Rolling Stones have released over one hundred singles, over two dozen studio albums, and numerous compilation and live albums.

SOME QUOTES

Mick Jagger: «If you're gonna be in a band, you can't sit in the studio the whole time... I'd like to do more of the only thing I can do really well, apart from screwing.»

Keith Richards: «One realizes after a while, that indiscriminate opposition with the opposite sex has its drawbacks.»

Mick Jagger: «How come all the teenies ever wanna do is tongue my Diamond tooth.»

Pink Floyd facts

• Pink Floyd have sold over 200 million albums worldwide.
• Pink Floyd was formed in 1965
• The English band are one of the most commercially successful music groups of all time.
• Original members (1965): Roger Waters, Bob Klose, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, and Syd Barrett.
• Syd Barrett's real name is Roger Keith Barett.
• The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
• Bob Klose left the band to become a photographer.
• Pink Floyd have sold over 74.5 million certified units in the U.S.
• David Gilmour once played with Paul McCartney.
• Roger Waters and Nick Mason met at the Regent Street Polytechnic inLondon, where both were studying architecture.
• Nick Mason is the only band member to appear on every Pink Floyd release, in their 28 years of recording music.
• The longest performance of "The Dark Side of the Moon" lasted almost 65 minutes, whereas the shortest lasted less than 40.
• Alan Parsons won a Grammy Award for his production work on 1973's "The Dark Side Of The Moon".

Interesting facts about Queen (band)

• Quenn's original members: Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals).
• Queen are a British rock band formed in London, England in 1971.
• Queen have sold between 150 million to over 300 million albums worldwide.
• Queen did the scoring for the major 1980 sci-fi film, Flash Gordan.
• Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock performance of all time.
• The logo of the band (Queen crest) combines the astrological signs of all four members: two lions for Leo (Deacon and Taylor), a crab for Cancer (May), and two fairies for Virgo (Mercury).
• Queen became the first and currently the only band to have ever been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
• In 1981, Queen became the first major rock band to play in Latin  American stadiums.
• In 2002, Queen were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
• Bohemian Rhapsody was voted the No. 2 greatest number one hit of all time in the UK Channel 4 poll.
• Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) was born on September 5, 1946 (Virgo).
• John Richard Deacon was born on August 19, 1951 (Leo).
• Brian Harold May was born on July 19, 1947 (Cancer).
• Roger Meddows Taylor was born on July 26, 1949 (Leo).

Some Facts about THE BEATLES

• The Beatles have appeared as a group in 5 films: A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967), Yellow Submarine (1968), and Let It Be (1969)
• Aged 16, John Lennon formed the skiffle group The Quarrymen with some Liverpool schoolfriends in March 1957. Paul McCartney joined shortly after and George Harrison joined in February 1958.
• In August 1960, Pete Best joined the band.
• The Beatles won fourteen Grammy awards.
• 3 members of The Beatles have appeared on The Simpsons: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney.
• "Ringo" means apple in Japanese.
• ‘Hey Jude’ was written by Paul McCartney in his car.
• The Beatles were collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the Twentieth century's 100 most influential people.
• The Beatles have been sold between 600 million and 1 billion records
• Ringo Starr is the only Beatle never to notch a solo UK #1.
• Eric Clapton plays lead guitar on the George Harrison penned song While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the band’s 1968 album The Beatles.
• Ringo Starr was the last to join The Beatles.
• Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is the first British rock album to have the lyrics for every song printed on the back cover.
• The last Beatles album recorded was Abbey Road.

Def Leppard band - interesting facts

• Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977.
• Their name was originally spelled Deaf Leopard.
• As one of the world's best-selling music artists, Def Leppard has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide.
• Def Leppard are one of only 5 rock bands with 2 original studio albums selling over 10 million copies in the U.S.
• The band were ranked #31 in VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".
• In January 1978, Steve Clark joined the band.
• Throughout 1979, Def Leppard developed a loyal following among British hard rock and heavy metal fans and were even initially considered the leaders of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (a status eventually claimed by Iron Maiden).
• In 1984, drummer Rick Allen had a serious car accident which caused him to lose one arm.
• Def Leppard's debut album, On Through the Night, was released on 14 March 1980.
• On October 23 1995, the band played three 45-minute shows on three different continents. One show was in Tangier, Morocco, another was in London, and the last one was in Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Def Leppard hold a Guinness Book record for being the only band to play 3 concerts, on 3 different continents, in one 24 hour day (Canada, India and England).

AC/DC facts

• AC/DC ranked fourth on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock" and was named the seventh "Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time" by MTV.
• "BACK IN BLACK"- on a WORLDWIDE basis, is the #1 selling Hard Rock/Heavy Metal album of all time, topping over 49 million copies worldwide. It falls only to the SECOND BEST SELLING ALBUM EVER RECORDED, after Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album which remains at #1 at an estimated 65 Million copies worldwide.
• The band prefers to use buses rather than planes when they are on tour. 
• Many of the conservative Christian groups believed that the lightning bolt between the AC and the DC was a Satanic S.
• "HIGHWAY TO HELL" reached the top 10 in the UK and #17 on the American Billboard charts soon after its release.
• "BACK IN BLACK" was AC/DC's first album to reach #1 on the U.K. Music charts, which happened on August 9th, 1980 where it would remain for 2 weeks straight.
• AC/DC's "Back In Black" received a PLATINUM award for a Ringtone of the song. This was one of the first songs to receive this new RIAA award, which is given to songs that reached 1 million downloads.
• AC/DC Have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, a LONG LONG OVERDUE recognition that the band has deserved without question.
• Phil Rudd's full name is Phil neeRudzevecuis.
• In 2004, the band was ranked number 72 in the Rolling Stone list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
• The street formerly known as "Corporation Lane" in Melbourne was renamed "ACDC Lane" on October 1st, 2004 in honor of the band.
• As of 2008, AC/DC have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.
• After leaving AC/DC, Phil Rudd had put a flying business together in New Zealand and continued to play in a private studio.

Interesting facts about the Spice Girls

 According to Geri Halliwell, Melanie B stopped the Spice Girls’ reunion from happening in 2005.
The Spice Girls topped a poll for Yahoo! Music for the band people would like to see reunite the most.

While the Spice Girls promoted feminism, it was more like fun feminism.

To Mel C, the Spices stand as a positive alternative to the negativity that music has seen in prior years to the Spice Girls.

Melanie C sees herself as the "plain one" of the group. She also says that the girls are "not beautiful, and that is something we're proud of."

Much of the Girl Power angle came from Geri.

To make herself seem more exotic, Geri would say that she was born on a plane or that her family kept sheep in a garden, or anything to set herself apart.

Victoria says that even though she is the "Posh" one, she is far from posh. But she says that she does love to shop.

While Emma looks totally sweet, defenseless, and innocent, she was the one who could cause the most trouble. And she is far from defenseless; she has a blue belt in Goju and taught the others the karate kicks in the video for "Say You'll Be There." As Melanie B puts it, "She gets away with murder."

With the exception of Posh Spice (Victoria Addams), all the girls in the group came from working class famalies.

Prince Harry and Prince Willian were big fans of the girls. In fact, at his boarding school, Prince Willian replaced the poster of Pamela Anerson Lee in his room with one of Emma, aka, Baby Spice.

Geri Halliwell was known as the flamboyant leader of the pack.

The girl's music is influenced by Madonna.

When Ginger met Prince Charles, she pinched him on his bum.

The Spice Girls were the biggest pop sensation since the Beatles.

Geri Halliwell was originally labeled Sexy Spice but was renamed to Ginger Spice to present an image more suitable for younger children.

Geri Estelle Halliwell was the "sexy Spice"; Melanie Janine Brown was the "scary Spice"; Victoria Adams was "the posh Spice"; Melanie Jayne Chisholm was "the sporty Spice"; Emma Lee Bunton was "the baby Spice."

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