take me back to the 1960s

“What are the Beatles really like? This is the question everybody asks me (as well as asking me to get their autographs!). It’s also the most difficult question to answer. I suppose, basically the boys are more or less like their public images; Ringo the quiet one; Paul the tactful one - the diplomat; John the witty one (often the slightly sarcastic one too!); and George the handsome, funny one.” - DJ Chris Denning, “A D.J’s View of The Beatles,” The Beatles Book, August 1965 [x]

“The impact of the Beatles — not only on rock & roll but on all of Western culture — is simply incalculable. And as personalities, they defined and incarnated ’60s style: smart, idealistic, playful, irreverent, eclectic. Although many of their sales and attendance records have since been surpassed, no group has so radically transformed the sound and significance of rock & roll. As musicians, the Beatles proved that rock & roll could embrace a limitless variety of harmonies, structures, and sounds; virtually every rock experiment has some precedent on Beatles records.” -  The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (2001)