George Harrison quotes

Born
25 February 1943 Liverpool, England.

Died
29 November 2001.

Occupation
Musician.

George Harrison was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, he was the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.
– George Harrison

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

If we were all perfected beings, we wouldn’t be here in the physical world.
– George Harrison

Gossip is the Devil’s radio.
– George Harrison

People say I’m the Beatle who changed the most, but to me, that’s what life’s about.
– George Harrison

The world used us as an excuse to go mad.
– 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 think of myself as a jungle musician because of my lack of formal training.
– George Harrison

The Beatles will exist without us.
– George Harrison

I’m really quite simple. I plant flowers and watch them grow… I stay at home and watch the river flow.
– George Harrison

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.
– 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

To the best of my knowledge, none of the Beatles can read music.
– George Harrison

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

As long as you hate, there will be people to hate.
– George Harrison

At the point we finished ‘Abbey Road,’ the game was up. We all accepted that.
– 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

With our love, we could save the world.
– George Harrison

I wanted to be successful, not famous.
– 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 wouldn’t say that my songs are autobiographical.
– George Harrison

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

You’ve got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don’t want.
– George Harrison

Obviously we were having an effect, because all these people were clamouring to meet us. Like, for instance.
– George Harrison

To tell the truth, I’d join a band with John Lennon any day, but I couldn’t join a band with Paul McCartney, but it’s nothing personal. It’s just from a musical point of view.
– 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

If you want to be popular and famous, you can do it; it’s dead easy if you have that ego desire. But most of my ego desires as far as being famous and successful were fulfilled a long time ago.
– George Harrison

It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
– George Harrison

What good are three Beatles without John?
– George Harrison

Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait.
– George Harrison

Some of the best songs that I know are the ones I haven’t written yet, and it doesn’t even matter if I don’t ever write them, because it’s only small potatoes compared with the big picture.
– 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 saved the world from boredom.
– George Harrison

We got £25 a week in the early Sixties when we were first with Brian Epstein, when we played the clubs.
– George Harrison

America has everything, why should they want us.
– George Harrison