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notes"One art-school party in Liverpool, in a flat in the students’ accommodation, was the first all-night party I ever went to. It was even designated an all-nighter: the rules were that you had to bring a bottle of wine, and an egg for your breakfast. So we bought a cheap bottle of plonk from Yates’s Wine Lodge and put our eggs in the fridge when we arrived. The great thing about the party (and I’m sure John and Paul would agree) was that somebody had a copy of ‘What’d I Say’ by Ray Charles, a 45rpm with Part Two on the B side. That record was played all night, probably eight or ten hours non-stop. It was one of the best records I ever heard. I puked up next morning. Cynthia was there, and I remember saying drunkenly to her, ‘I wish I had a nice girl like you.’"George Harrison (via thewhitetumblr)
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“He loved being a Beatle but I think, like the others, he would have swapped all the fame that came with it for just being a good musician.”
-Louise, George Harrison’s older sister
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"my idea in “my sweet lord,” because it sounded like a “pop song,” was to sneak up on them a bit. the point was to have the people not offended by “hallelujah,” and by the time it gets to “hare krishna,” they’re already hooked, and their foot’s tapping, and they’re already singing along “hallelujah,” to kind of lull them into a sense of false security. and then suddenly it turns into “hare krishna,” and they will all be singing that before they know what’s happened, and they will think, “hey, i thought i wasn’t supposed to like hare krishna!"
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"I would assure all his fans that George was just really as beautiful as they pictured him. And maybe more."
Tom Petty (via forthlinroad)
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“That night, we were absolutely pelted by the fuckin’ things. They don’t have soft jelly babies there; they have hard jelly beans. To make matters worse, we were on a circular stage, so they hit us from all sides. Imagine waves of rock-hard little bullets raining down on you from the sky. It’s a bit dangerous, you know, ‘cause if a jelly bean, traveling about 50 miles an hour through the air, hits you in the eye, you’re finished. You’re blind aren’t you? We’ve never liked people throwing stuff like that. We don’t mind them throwing streamers, but jelly beans are a bit dangerous, you see! Every now and again, one would hit a string on my guitar and plonk off a bad note as I was trying to play.”
- George Harrison, on the D.C. concert (from the book The Beatles Off the Record by Keith Badman)
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notes"I believe I love my guitar more than the others love theirs. For John and Paul, songwriting is pretty important and guitar playing is a means to an end. While they’re making up new tunes I can thoroughly enjoy myself just doodling around with a guitar for a whole evening. I’m fascinated by new sounds I can get from different instruments I try out. I’m not sure that makes me particularly musical. Just call me a guitar fanatic instead, and I’ll be satisfied."George Harrison (via anytimeatall) (via featherlady)
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"We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter."
Ringo Starr (via richardstarkey) (via featherlady)
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