Pattie Boyd
Pattie Boyd
Patricia Anne "Pattie" Westonis an English model, photographer and author. She was the first wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton. In August 2007, she published her autobiography Wonderful Tonight. Her photographs of Harrison and Clapton, titled Through the Eye of a Muse, have been exhibited in Dublin, Sydney, Toronto, Moscow, London and throughout the United States...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth17 March 1944
landing led life seem time
I have led an exceptional life in some ways, yes. I mean, I've been very lucky. I seem to have had a gift for landing in the right place at the right time.
allowed clapton eric george join left
I had never been allowed to go on tour with my husband George Harrison, so had no idea what to expect when I left him to join Eric Clapton on his 1974 U.S. tour.
gorgeous love scene
I feel very lucky that I was part of that whole scene in the '60s and '70s. I love looking at the photographs because everyone was young, and they were so gorgeous to look at.
gets hang life man onto women
Women hang onto the romanticism of a relationship. But a man compartmentalises it into the past and then gets on with his new life.
fear lovely
It's such a joy to be able to have friendships free from worry. It's so lovely to live without fear.
future imagine life occurred people
I'm one of these people who couldn't imagine the future. The future never occurred to me. I just loved life every day.
fact known life meant
I'm blessed with the fact that I'm a fighter. I've always known life was meant to be joyful.
glamorous modelling underneath
I think modelling is a very difficult thing. It's glamorous and fun, but underneath it all, you know your flaws, and those are what you focus on.
regain time took
I think I lost my sense of identity when I was married. I know I did. And it took me a very long time to regain it and find out who I was.
I never wanted to be an actress. I didn't have any ambition in that area.
creativity exciting heart loved rock
I loved everything that went with rock n' roll. I loved being at the heart of such creativity and being young in such a stimulating and exciting era.
grows meant naturally
One grows up thinking you will naturally be able to have children, and when it doesn't happen, it's a shock. But I just feel that it wasn't meant to be.
furious
They were furious because I'd bagged a Beatle! It was so frightening.
taken time
Once I've taken photographs, I look at them, and I get into them, and I'm there for the moment - and then that's it. I find little time for reflection.