“Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.” MusicListeningShadowBritishCliffsBritish Music Author:John Lennon
“My biggest poetic influences are probably 20th-century British and Irish poets. So I suppose I'm always listening for the music I associate with that poetry, the telling images, the brevity. I want to hear it in my own work as well as in the poetry I read. However, I think I'm generally more forgiving of other poets than myself.” ThinkingWantWellsMy OwnInfluenceCenturyPoetListeningForgivingBritishPoeticAssociates20th CenturyBrevity Author:David Starkey
“Everything I do is autobiographical in some way. 'Wayne's World' was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to heavy metal, and 'Austin Powers' was every bit of British culture that my father, who passed away in 1991, had forced me to watch and taught me to love.” WorldWayCultureFatherBitsWatchesGrowing UpGrowingTaughtListeningHeavyBritishMetalsSuburbsWaynePassed AwayTorontoHeavy MetalAustinBritish Culture Author:Mike Myers
“I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books.” BookWould BePleasureListeningBritishVersionsGuiltyHarry PotterPottersAudioGuilty PleasureAudio Books Author:David Sedaris