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" I wasn't Lennon, or I wasn't McCartney. I was me. And the only reason I started to write songs was because I thought, 'Well, if they can write them, I can write them.' "

George Harrison

Reason

Started

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George Harrison

Funny

Together

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" Gossip is the Devil's radio. "

" 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. "

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People

Soup

" If we were all perfected beings, we wouldn't be here in the physical world. "

" The Beatles exist apart from myself. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion, and until the end of my life, people may see that shirt and mistake it for me. "

" They gave their money, and they gave their screams. But the Beatles kind of gave their nervous systems. They used us as an excuse to go mad, the world did, and then blamed it on us. "

" We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth - then it's far too late when they pass away. "

" I'd rather be a musician than a rock star. "

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" The Beatles will go on and on. "

George Harrison

Will

Beatles

" In the end, you're trying to find God. That's the result of not being satisfied. And it doesn't matter how much money, or property, or whatever you've got, unless you're happy in your heart, then that's it. And unfortunately, you can never gain perfect happiness unless you've got that state of consciousness that enables that. "

" The best slide solo I ever played was on... what's her name? That girl singer who used to be with that all-girl band? ... Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's! That's who it was. I played on one of her albums. "

" There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high-that's where I'm going. "

" Rap bores me, and all the glamour rock groups like Bon Jovi just amuse me. They obviously have a place, but they all sound like they use the same guitar player to me. "

George Harrison

Place

Sound

" I'm really quite simple. I plant flowers and watch them grow... I stay at home and watch the river flow. "

" Love one another. "

George Harrison

Another

Love

" Because we were all from Liverpool, we favored people who were street people. "

" The adulation or the superstardom is something I could leave out quite happily. "

" When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there. "

" With our love, we could save the world. "

" The Beatles will exist without us. "

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

" I wouldn't say that my songs are autobiographical. "

" I just got so fed up with the bad vibes. I didn't care if it was the Beatles; I was getting out. "

" I think of myself as a jungle musician because of my lack of formal training. "

" The Concert for Bangladesh was just a moral stance. "

" You've got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don't want. "

George Harrison

Got

" The fact that we're all here in these bodies means that we're not perfected. "