George Harrison Quotes

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George Harrison

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 25, 1943

The best slide solo I ever played was on... what's her name? That girl singer who used to be with that all-girl band? ... Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's! That's who it was. I played on one of her albums.

George Harrison

If I go to someplace like Switzerland, I find a lot of uptight people because they're living amongst so much beauty; there's no urgency in trying to find the beauty within themselves. If you're stuck in New York, you have to somehow look within yourself - otherwise, you'd go crackers.

George Harrison

If we were all perfected beings, we wouldn't be here in the physical world.

George Harrison

The world used us as an excuse to go mad.

George Harrison

Down through the ages, there has always been the spiritual path. It's been passed on - it always will be - and if anybody ever wants it in any age, it's always there.

George Harrison

Rap bores me, and all the glamour rock groups like Bon Jovi just amuse me. They obviously have a place, but they all sound like they use the same guitar player to me.

George Harrison

In the big picture, it doesn't really matter if we never made a record, or we never sang a song. That isn't important.

George Harrison

The adulation or the superstardom is something I could leave out quite happily.

George Harrison

If I write a tune and people think it's nice, then that's fine by me, but I hate having to compete and promote the thing. I really don't like promotion.

George Harrison

I'll play what you want or I won't play at all.

George Harrison

America has everything, why should they want us.

George Harrison

The Beatles exist apart from myself. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion, and until the end of my life, people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.

George Harrison

The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.

George Harrison

The Beatles will go on and on.

George Harrison

I just got so fed up with the bad vibes. I didn't care if it was the Beatles; I was getting out.

George Harrison

I'm not a fan of that sort of punky, heavy, tinny stuff. I like a nice melody.

George Harrison

I just write a song, and it just comes out however it wants to. And some of them are catchy songs like 'Here Comes The Sun,' and some of them aren't, you know.

George Harrison

Of course, once you've been a Beatle, you're never really out of it. People always want to know what you're up to, and if you don't immediately tell 'em, that's when they start making stuff up.

George Harrison

I wanted to collaborate with someone, but it had to be someone I could work with and who wouldn't disrespect my past.

George Harrison

I never listen to the radio to keep up with current trends.

George Harrison