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George Harrison Quotes

1943–2001 England

George Harrison (24 or 25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was a British songwriter, musician and film producer who rose to fame as a member of The Beatles.

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Also known as: Harrison, George

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One's values are profoundly changed when he is finally convinced that creation is only a vast motion picture and that not in, but beyond, lies his own ultimate reality.

I got tired of people saying "But what can I do?" Also, the reluctance of the press to report the full details created the need to bring attention to it. So the song "Bangla Desh" was written specifically to get attention to the war prior to the concert.

If there's a God, I want to see Him.

It's gonna take patience and time, mmm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it
To do it right, child

Got My Mind Set on You (1987)

Give me love, give me peace on earth...

I'm a dark horse
Running on a dark race course
I'm a blue moon
Since I stepped from out of the womb
I've been a cool jerk
Looking for the source
I'm a dark horse.

When you've seen beyond yourself
Then you may find peace of mind is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one
And life flows on within you and without you

I had no ambition when I was a kid other than to play guitar and get in a rock 'n' roll band. I don't really like to be the guy in the white suit at the front. Like in the Beatles, I was the one who kept quiet at the back and let the other egos be at the front.

I'd thought it would be something like King's Road [London], only more. Somehow I expected them all to own their own little shops. I expected them to all be nice and clean and friendly and happy … (on the contrary, I discovered them to be) hideous, spotty little teenagers.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Harrison (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.