- The Ventures, instrumental rock ensemble, made a cover of I Feel Fine. They made no official statement
- Stephen Stills is known for having put a stone with the lyrics of Within You, Without You in his garden
- Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was a great fan and stated that without Rubber Soul he wouldn’t have tried to record an album like Pet Sound.
- Van Morrison and Leonard seemed to dislike the Beatles. Thinkin about the latter, he said it was not the nourishment he craved
- Ray Davis of the Kinks gave a negative review of Revolver, saying that Eleanor Rigby was for music school teacher and Tomorrow Never Knows was for teenagers. https://www.kindakinks.net/misc/articles/beatles.html]
- The Byrds seemed to enjoy their music, especially in the early days. David Crosby was a friend of Harrison and had the possibility to hear A Day In The Life for the first time.
- Robert Fripp admired the song A Day In The Life and he thought it was a main reason why he decided to start a band.
- The Beatles, especially George Harrison, helped the Rolling Stones having the first contract with Decca. The Beatles even gave them a song to record as a debut single, I Wanna Be Your Man.
- German ambient group Tangerine Dream takes its name for Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Lou Reed had a negative opinion of the band, he thought only John Lennon was the best one and he made interesting things only as a solo artist. He cover Mother and Jealous Guy.
- Classical conductor Leonard Bernstein deeply admired the band.
- Classical composers like Alvin Curran, Luciano Berio, Toru Takemitsu covered the Beatles
- The Who had mixed reviews. While Keith Moon was a good friend of Ringo Starr, they decided to make only one cover, I saw her standing there. Roger Daltrey seemed to speak highly of the Beatles, while Pete Townshend was less enthusiastic.
- Bob Dylan like most of the Beatles catalogue and he was a friend of Lennon.
Opinions on the Beatles from musicians
Marco Di Caprio 
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