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George Harrison wanted to play the thief in 'Holy Mountain.' -- Alejandro Jodorowsky
If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison. -- Noel Gallagher
In 1972, George Harrison invited me to accompany him on a trip to India. -- Gary Wright
When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way. -- Ravi Shankar
George Harrison was known as the quiet Beatle. Quiet people are often quiet because they are deep thinkers. -- Ray Comfort
I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison. -- Todd Rundgren
Many people, especially young people, have started listening to sitar since George Harrison, one of the Beatles, became my disciple. -- Ravi Shankar
The high point of my entire junior high school career was going backstage to meet George Harrison. I was simply awestruck. -- Lorna Luft
George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy. -- Alvin Lee
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. -- Pattie Boyd
The Beatles were something everyone had in common; this was thirty years ago, there was Dr. Who and everybody knew who the Daleks were and there was The Beatles and everybody knew who George Harrison was. -- Robyn Hitchcock
'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock. -- Chris Cornell
Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. So I'm very familiar with the Beatles; Ringo was my favorite Beatle until I grew up and then changed. I made the switch over to George Harrison just in time to regain my cool. -- Christina Ricci
Most of my ukulele heroes were traditional players from Hawaii, like Eddie Kamae and Ohta-san. There may not be uke stars in popular culture, but there are certainly pop stars that play uke - George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Train, and Paul McCartney. -- Jake Shimabukuro
I mostly play old period songs, as they suit a ukulele more. I bought it when I saw the tribute concert to George Harrison. Joe Brown came on and sang 'I'll See You In My Dreams,' and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. -- Charles Dance
If you had a successful TV show, people wanted to see you live. Promoters had had practice with pop groups, and 'Python' achieved a similar status. We also had lots of rock star fans - George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant. Promoters saw that and liked it. -- Michael Palin
George Harrison is perhaps one of the most creative people I ever met, not only in his music and songwriting, but just the way he lived his life, decorated his gardens and homes. He was a dear friend of mine. His entire approach to music was very unique. -- Gary Wright
I don't like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my influences have always been those kinds of players. Keith Richards comes to mind, and I really like Nils Lofgren's soloing, because he's so melodic. I love John Lennon's rhythm playing, and George Harrison was an incredible guitarist. -- Johnny Marr
The first one I actually met was George Harrison. -- Pete Best
I had a fiery affair with George Harrison's wife, Pattie Boyd. -- Ronnie Wood
George Harrison is one of the sweetest, kindest and most considerate men I know. -- Al Aronowitz
George Harrison's passing was really sad, but it does make the afterlife seem much more attractive. -- Michael Palin
He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know? -- Tom Petty
I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John. -- Brian Wilson
A regret I have was never being able to interview George Harrison. I just loved him but I never had a chance to interview him. -- Nina Blackwood
George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn't going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you. -- Tom Petty
George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them -- Paul McCartney
I was the biggest George Harrison fanatic in the world. He was raised Catholic; my parents are both ex-clergy, so I was raised Catholic, and I admired how he used his faith. -- John Fugelsang
Ohhhso hard to say, but George Harrison was pretty darn special. Such a great guybeautiful person and amazing songwriter/musician. A real honor for me to have played on his last tour -- Chuck Leavell
I like people like Ani DiFranco, a band called Elbow, of course John Lennon, George Harrison, Barry White. I have a lot of different influences and hopefully they all come together and make some sense. -- Billy Boyd
I've tended to avoid meeting my heroes. They aren't necessarily the nicest people anyway. The exception was George Harrison, one of the loveliest men I've ever met. He lent me his home studio to make Hormonally Yours. -- Siobhan Fahey
There actually had been a tradition within English music of the '60s of people looking eastwards, maybe in quite a naÃ¯ve way, but nonetheless, you had musicians like George Harrison or Bryan Jones recording the musicians of Joujouka in North Africa. -- Justin Adams
The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock. -- Chris Cornell
Once I started to get older, my father would say, 'You look more like George Harrison than I do' -- Dhani Harrison
I was always brutally teased for being George Harrison's son. That was from the age of about four or five, before I even knew who he was. And for seven years people would follow me about school singing 'Yellow Submarine.' I still can't listen to that song to this day. -- Dhani Harrison
My son looks more like George Harrison than I do. -- George Harrison
Sometimes, you release an album and the record company just about ignores it, and so many people don't even know it's out. And I'm not about to jump up and down shouting, "Hey folks, look at me! I'm cool and groovy!" That's not what George Harrison is all about. -- George Harrison
When George [Harrison] died the guards at Buckingham Palace played a medley of George's songs during the changing of the guard; that sort of thing never happens. -- Lemmy Kilmister
I stopped listening to Dylan with both ears after Highway 64 (sic) and Blonde on Blonde, and even then it was because George (Harrison) would sit me down and make me listen. -- John Lennon

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