George Harrison Quotes

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George Harrison

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 25, 1943

We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth - then it's far too late when they pass away.

George Harrison

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

George Harrison

The fact that we're all here in these bodies means that we're not perfected.

George Harrison

I don't think the Beatles were that good. I think they're fine, you know. Ringo's got the best backbeat I've ever heard... Paul is a fine bass player... but he's a bit overpowering at times.

George Harrison

Love one another.

George Harrison

People are simply screwing up when they go out and buy beefsteak, which is killing them with cancer and heart troubles. The stuff costs a fortune, too. You could feed a thousand people with lentil soup for the cost of half a dozen filets.

George Harrison

I wasn't Lennon, or I wasn't McCartney. I was me. And the only reason I started to write songs was because I thought, 'Well, if they can write them, I can write them.'

George Harrison

As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.

George Harrison

Muhammad Ali was quite cute.

George Harrison

I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.

George Harrison

Most people think when the world gets itself together, we'll all be okay. I don't see that situation arriving. I think one by one, we all free ourselves from the chains we have chained ourselves to. But I don't think that suddenly some magic happens and the whole lot of us will all be liberated in one throw.

George Harrison

I'd rather be a musician than a rock star.

George Harrison

Basically, I feel fortunate to have realized what the goal is in life. There's no point in dying having gone through your life without knowing who you are, what you are, or what the purpose of life is. And that's all it is.

George Harrison

I think it was John who really urged me to play sitar on 'Norwegian Wood,' which was the first time we used it. Now, Paul has just asked me recently whether I'd written any more of those 'Indian type of tunes.' He suddenly likes them now. But at the time, he wouldn't play on them.

George Harrison

I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music.

George Harrison

After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather.

George Harrison

There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high-that's where I'm going.

George Harrison

The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them.

George Harrison

We were the Spice Boys.

George Harrison

What good are three Beatles without John?

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