75 Best George Harrison Quotes From The Beatles Guitarist
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Along with being the lead guitarist of the distinguished band, The Beatles, George Harrison was also a singer and songwriter of many memorable tracks.
Harrison was born in Liverpool, Britain, and played in a local band before joining The Beatles. After this endeavor, he gained fame worldwide and came to be known as "the quiet Beatle".
George Harrison used to experiment with the music of different genres the most in his band to broaden their horizon. He was also a good lyricist, and some George Harrison quotes have made itto famous Beatles' songs.
He was also a fan of Indian instrumental music, to find peace of mind, and tried to incorporate them in their songs hoping the listener may find peace. After The Beatles, Harrison also made popular solo records.
Harrison, apart from being the lead guitarist of the biggest band was also very wise and into spirituality. Here are a few George Harrison quotes to enlighten you more about the personality and ways of George!
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Best Of George Harrison Quotes
Check out these George Harrison quotes on life and George Harrison quotes on death to get inspired in life. These George Harrison quotes will stay with you no matter where you are, going any road.
1. "Life is like a raindrop on a lotus leaf. Everybody realizes that you’re either a very lucky person or you’re not."
- George Harrison.
2. "Try to realize it's all within yourself, no one else can make you change, and to see you're only very small and life flows on within you and without you."
- George Harrison.
3. "The whole thing of life and all the answers to everything are in one divine law, Karma action and reaction."
- George Harrison.
4. "At death, you're going to be needing some spiritual guidance and some kind of inner knowledge that extends beyond the boundaries of the physical world... it's what's inside that counts."
- George Harrison.
5. "You've got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don't want."
- George Harrison.
6. "If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there."
- George Harrison.
7. "Even if it's being a Beatle for the rest of my life, it's still only a temporary thing."
- George Harrison.
8. "I'm sitting here doing nothing but ageing while my guitar gently weeps."
- George Harrison.
9. "I consider myself perfectly normal, and I don’t know of any part of my life that would be so unusual as to interest the idly curious."
- George Harrison.
10. "Everybody is worried about dying, but the cause of death is birth, so if you don’t want to die, you don’t get born!"
- George Harrison.
11. "That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can get from each other and that's determined by how much you're giving to each other."
- George Harrison.
12. "Life goes on within you and without you. I just have a belief that this is only one little bit, the physical world is one little bit of the universe."
- George Harrison.
13. "I have suffered for this book; now it's your turn."
- George Harrison on 'I, Me, Mine'.
George Harrison Quotes About Spirituality
Wherever we are, going any road, any-way in life, here is a list of George Harrison quotes that will give us the spiritual awakening that our souls need. These George Harrison quotes on spirituality have been taken from his interviews, songs, and other works.
13. "Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait."
- George Harrison.
14. "The Lord is in everything that’s in creation. So, when you look at a tree, it’s really a reflection of God. You see it in other people – that’s him too, you know?"
- George Harrison.
15. "God is actually inside. He lives in our hearts."
- George Harrison.
16. "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.
17. "It’s all in the mind."
- George Harrison.
18. "If God is unlimited, then He can appear in any form, whichever way He likes to appear."
- George Harrison.
19. "All religions are branches of one big tree"
- George Harrison.
20. "The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us."
- George Harrison.
21. "Hare Krishna, Peace and Love."
- George Harrison.
22. "Consciousness and meditation are methods where you can actually obtain God perception."
- George Harrison.
23. "It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite."
- George Harrison.
24. "The world is ready for a mystic revolution, a discovery of the God in each of us."
- George Harrison.
George Harrison Quotes On Beatles
George Harrison was the guitarist of the world-renowned band, The Beatles. Here are some George Harrison quotes about the remaining band members of The Beatles.
25. "The Beatles saved the world from boredom."
- George Harrison.
26. "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.
27. "I hope to have enough money to go into a business of my own by the time we, umm, do flop."
- George Harrison.
29. "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.
30. "We do like the fans and enjoy reading the publicity about us, but sometimes you don’t realize that it’s about yourself."
- George Harrison.
31. "It was all part of being a Beatle, really: just getting lugged around and thrust into rooms full of pressmen taking pictures and asking questions."
- George Harrison.
32. "We were the Spice Boys."
- George Harrison.
33. "As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead."
- George Harrison.
34. "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.
35. "If we'd know we were going to be The Beatles, we'd have tried harder."
- George Harrison.
36. "What good are three Beatles without John?"
- George Harrison.
37. "People say I'm the Beatle who changed the most, but to me, that's what life's about."
- George Harrison.
38. "The Beatles will exist without us."
- George Harrison.
39. "The Beatles will go on and on."
- George Harrison.
Famous George Harrison Quotes
George Harrison quotes are iconic, and are still used in different walks of life. Here are some famous George Harrison quotes.
40. "When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there."
- George Harrison.
41. "So, whatever the true self is, the way to approach it is through that meditation or some form of yoga."
- George Harrison.
42. "Heaven and hell is right now, right at this moment. You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions."
- George Harrison.
43. "It's a thingy! A fiendish thingy!"
- George Harrison.
44. "Gossip is the Devil's radio."
- George Harrison.
45. "All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much."
- George Harrison, 'It's All Too Much'.
46. "Your own space, man, it's so important. That's why we were doomed because we didn't have any."
- George Harrison.
47. "A little understanding of 'As you sow, so shall you reap' is important, because then you can’t blame the condition you’re in on anyone else."
- George Harrison.
48. "All things must pass, all things must pass away."
- George Harrison, 'All Things Must Pass'.
49. "I wanted to be successful, not famous."
- George Harrison.
50. "When the truth gets buried deep beneath a thousand years of sleep, time demands a turnaround. And once again the truth is found."
- George Harrison, 'Hurdy Gurdy Man'.
51. "You see, with the meditation, the natural thing, it comes: consciousness expansion."
- George Harrison.
52. "All I've got to be is be happy."
- George Harrison.
53. "Sometimes I feel like I’m actually on the wrong planet. It’s great when I’m in my garden, but the minute I go out the gate I think, ‘What the hell am I doing here?'"
- George Harrison.
54. "With every mistake, we must surely be learning."
- George Harrison, 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'.
55. "The fact that we're all here in these bodies means that we're not perfected."
- George Harrison.
56. "Beware of sadness. It can hit you. It can hurt you, make you sore, and what is more. That is not what we are here for."
- George Harrison.
57. "If we were all perfected beings, we wouldn't be here in the physical world."
- George Harrison.
58. "Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by nature."
- George Harrison.
George Harrison Love Quotes
These George Harrison quotes will show the readers the power of love.
59. "Helping us all to remember what we came here for. This is love."
- George Harrison, 'This Is Love'.
60. "Give me love, give me peace on earth, give me light, give me life... with this heavy load trying to, touch and reach you with, heart and soul."
- George Harrison, 'Give Me Love'.
61. "I fell in love, not with anything or anybody in particular but with everything."
- George Harrison.
62. "Make love, take love, but you should give love. And try to live love."
- George Harrison.
63. "With our love, we could save the world."
- George Harrison, 'Within You Without You'.
64. "The only thing we really have to work at in this life is how to manifest love."
- George Harrison.
65. "My life belongs to me, my love belongs to those who can see it."
- George Harrison, 'Who Can See It'.
George Harrison Quotes About Music
Everyone is united by the language of music. Here are a few George Harrison quotes on what he loved the most in his life, music.
66. "Just take the music, the goodness, because it’s the very best, and it’s the part I give most willingly."
- George Harrison.
67. "My main problem is trying to write lyrics, and I don’t think it is worth writing songs and getting someone else to write lyrics because you don’t feel as if you have done it, really."
- George Harrison.
68. "Writing a song is like going to confession."
- George Harrison.
69. "I’m only myself when I have a guitar in my hands."
- George Harrison.
70. "Music should be used for the perception of God, not jitterbugging."
- George Harrison.
71. "I think the popular music has gone truly weird. It’s either cutesy-wutesy or it’s hard, nasty stuff. It’s good that this has life again with the youth."
- George Harrison.
72. "Rap bores me, and all the glamour rock groups like Bon Jovi just amuse me."
- George Harrison.
73. "It doesn't really matter what chords I play, what words I say or time of day it is, as it's only a Northern song."
- George Harrison, 'Only A Northern Song'.
74. "To the best of my knowledge, none of the Beatles can read music."
- George Harrison.
75. "Love one another."
- George Harrison.
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