Rivers Cuomo Quotes

Certainly, the Beach Boys and the early Beatles records were a huge influence on me lyrically.

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• Certainly, the Beach Boys and the early Beatles records were a huge influence on me lyrically.

  

  Rivers Cuomo Weezer
  • Beach