George Harrison
George Harrison
George Harrison, MBEwas an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian mysticism and helped broaden the horizons of his fellow Beatles as well as their Western audience by incorporating Indian instrumentation in their music. Although the majority of the Beatles' songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth25 February 1943
CityLiverpool, England
That's what the whole Sixties Flower-Power thing was about: 'Go away, you bunch of boring people.
I didn't notice him coming, but he didn't seem to be looking for an autograph signature
I don't want to be a film star. I don't even want to be a pop star. I just want to live in peace.
I always really enjoyed our early days, before we got too famous. We used to play clubs and that kind of stuff all the time. And it was fun. It was good because you get to play and get quite good at the instrument. But then we got famous, and it spoiled all that, because we'd just go round and round the world singing the same 10 dopey tunes.
Music should be used for the perception of God, not jitterbugging.
So it's the unwinding of your nervous system. The corresponding experience to what winds you up comes out in your dreams. To write a song then, even one like Don't Bother Me, helps to get rid of some subconscious burden. Writing a song is like going to confession.
Although I have guitars all around and I pick themm up occasionally and write a tune and make a record, I don't really see myself as a musician. It may seem a funny thing to say. It's just like, I write lyrics amd I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together - that makes me.
Now the darkness only stays at night time In the morning it will fade away Daylight is good at arriving at the right time No it's not always going to be this grey.
Beware of sadness It can hit you It can hurt you Make you sore and what is more That is not what you are here for.
The art school party in Liverpool, in a flat in the students' accomdation, was the first all night party I ever went to...I puked up next morning. Cynthia was there, and I remember saying drunkenly to her 'I wish I had a nice girl like you'
The Past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute.
Although Christ, in my mind is an absolute Yogi, I think many Christian teachers today are misrepresenting Christ.
Been stuck in airports, terrorized; sent to meetings, hypnotized; overexposed, commercialized. Handle me with care.
Make love, take love, but you should give love. And try to live love.