ADRIAN BELEW

rock singer-guitarist

“Well, the first single I bought -- it wasn’t an album -- was by Roy Orbison. It was ‘Pretty Woman,’ and it had ‘It’s Over’ on the flip-side, which is an incredibly emotional, high-impact song.

“But I’m pretty sure that the first album I ever bought was probably ‘Rubber Soul.’ I know that kind of sounds late, but up to that point I think I mostly listened to my friends’ records. But the first one that I really remember buying myself in a store was ‘Rubber Soul’ -- of course, a Beatles record.

“Obviously, the Beatles had a big influence on my generation of musicians and writers, and I’m one of those.”