George Harrison Archive

“[The Dark Horse Tour] was an extremely well organized tour. George had even arranged a Boing 707 for us, complete with a big Aum painted on the outside.” - Ravi Shankar Read more at www.instagram.com/p/DfAWeIzDQQ....

“At this time in world history when there’s so much sort of negative… confusion, [Jiva] really… they know where *they’re* going. And full of love and up, positive, loving awareness.” - George Harrison, radio interview (1975) More at www.instagram.com/p/De9z5crt08....

In this clip from Terry Willesee Tonight (taped in Adelaide, Australia, on October 25, 1986), George Harrison explains why he was hesitant to approach actor Paul Hogan. “‘That was one of the Beatles and he was too nervous to talk to me!’” - Paul Hogan, Contact Music (May 28, 2003)

In this clip from Terry Willesee Tonight (taped in Adelaide, Australia, on October 25, 1986), George Harrison explains why he was hesitant to approach actor Paul Hogan. “‘That was one of the Beatles and he was too nervous to talk to me!’” - Paul Hogan, Contact Music (May 28, 2003)

“My image has come across like I’m some weird old mystical ex-Beatle, the ‘gentle giant of pop,‘ you know. What’s all that? It’s dumb, it’s just stupid.” - George Harrison, Capital Radio (1974) harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8312814.... Photos by Sherry Rayn Barnett & Tony Barnard

“My image has come across like I’m some weird old mystical ex-Beatle, the ‘gentle giant of pop,‘ you know. What’s all that? It’s dumb, it’s just stupid.” - George Harrison, Capital Radio (1974) harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8312814.... Photos by Sherry Rayn Barnett & Tony Barnard

“[George Harrison] knew every chord. He knew so many chords. He was a great, great musician.” - Tom Petty, Conversations With Tom Petty 🎥: a bit more from the Carl Perkins TV special (1985)

“[George Harrison] knew every chord. He knew so many chords. He was a great, great musician.” - Tom Petty, Conversations With Tom Petty 🎥: a bit more from the Carl Perkins TV special (1985)

“[George] hadn’t done anything live in a long time. I got a lot of help from Olivia, his wife, who said, ‘George, you’ll do great! You’ll do great, don’t worry about it.’ He said, ‘I don’t know, I don’t know.’” - Carl Perkins, Goldmine (1998) 🎥: Carl Perkins TV special (1985)

“[In 1987] George brought a little cake to my dressing room. In the photo, there is me with George and Jeff Lynne, Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan, [Benmont Tench] and Mike Campbell — all of my favorite people right there, and it was so sweet.” - Tom Petty Remembering Tom Petty on his birthday.

“[George] could be grumpy too, but he didn’t like people around him to be unhappy. He liked everyone to be having a good time. Otherwise it was a waste of life. People say life is too short and it is." - Olivia Harrison, The Independent (October 19, 2005)

“There was always a great line that comes from a stone carving that was in my house. And my dad used to quote it to me… ‘Past is gone, thou canst not that recall, future is not, may not be at all. Present is, improve the flying hour, present only is within thy power.’” - Dhani 🎥: Today Show (1986)

George Harrison on gardening, from his interview with Good Morning America’s David Hartman (October 1981).

“I had the great fortune to meet George and speak with him [at LAX in May 1987]. He was as warm, gentle and funny as his close friends have stated.” - Lewis Lustman More of Mr. Lustman’s fan recollection — harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/6650364.... Photo possibly by Kevin Winter

George Harrison departing Malmö, Sweden, on October 15, 1967. Pictured also are Karsten Erichs, and Sydsvenskan reporter Lena Rosendahl. Photo © Kenneth Olson/Sydsvenskan. Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8305564....

George Harrison and Paul McCartney at Tunneln Restaurant in Malmö, Sweden, on October 14, 1967; photo by Torbjörn Carlson/Sydsvenskan/SCANPIX. They were in Sweden to visit Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

“The moment people start typecasting, then it’s time to move on. I’m unlimited. We’re all unlimited!” - George Harrison interviewed by Alan Smith for New Musical Express (March 14, 1970) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8303768.... Photo by Wolfgang Heilemann

“The moment people start typecasting, then it’s time to move on. I’m unlimited. We’re all unlimited!” - George Harrison interviewed by Alan Smith for New Musical Express (March 14, 1970) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8303768.... Photo by Wolfgang Heilemann

“In simpler terms, those people are like people who just convey in their music some sort of sincerity. Like I’m a big fan of Smokey Robinson just because musically he’s so sweet, you know, he’s so sweet he makes you feel nice.” - George Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8302850....

“On [British] television about a year ago I did this thing singing ‘The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea.’ It’s for this guy Jools Holland; he’s done a couple of these TV shows.” - George Harrison, Goldmine (1992) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8301951.... youtu.be/iMJEtLjnO7E?...

“On [British] television about a year ago I did this thing singing ‘The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea.’ It’s for this guy Jools Holland; he’s done a couple of these TV shows.” - George Harrison, Goldmine (1992) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8301951.... youtu.be/iMJEtLjnO7E?...

“George is so straight and so ordinary and so real, and he happens to believe in God. That’s what’s wrong with George to most people’s minds.” - Paul McCartney, People Magazine (1976) 📷: backstage in Southport on Oct. 15, 1963, photo by Paul McCartney

“George is so straight and so ordinary and so real, and he happens to believe in God. That’s what’s wrong with George to most people’s minds.” - Paul McCartney, People Magazine (1976) 📷: backstage in Southport on Oct. 15, 1963, photo by Paul McCartney

“[John Lennon] was great, he was brilliant, and he was a great soul. Still is.” - George Harrison, Guitar World (April 1988) Remembering John on his birthday, at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8300128.... #JohnLennon #GeorgeHarrison #TheBeatles Photo by Enrico Caruso for McCall’s magazine.

“[John Lennon] was great, he was brilliant, and he was a great soul. Still is.” - George Harrison, Guitar World (April 1988) Remembering John on his birthday, at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8300128.... #JohnLennon #GeorgeHarrison #TheBeatles Photo by Enrico Caruso for McCall’s magazine.

“[George] was a genuinely lovely man — sincere, witty, down-to-earth, and quite talkative for being ‘the quiet Beatle.’ He looked right into your eyes when he spoke (or listened) and gave you his full concentration.” - Dan Forte, Cosmik Debris (2001) harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/6973751...

“They say I’m shy, sometimes, in the papers, but it’s not true in the least. It just depends on when I don’t want to talk to somebody.” - George Harrison, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 30, 1965) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8298318.... Photo from Oct. 7, 1965 by Leslie Bryce

“George was a perfectionist and always meticulous with his music. Even while writing a song, he would spend days tinkering. That was how it was in the studio too.” - Klaus Voormann, translated from onetz (2011) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8297410.... Pic by Astrid Kirchherr

“George was a perfectionist and always meticulous with his music. Even while writing a song, he would spend days tinkering. That was how it was in the studio too.” - Klaus Voormann, translated from onetz (2011) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8297410.... Pic by Astrid Kirchherr

“[George] was my mate before either of us joined The Beatles and was like a brother to me.” - Paul McCartney, official message board (December 2001) 📷: Paul McCartney and Beatles Monthly photographer Leslie Bryce, photographed by George Harrison; image scanned from The Beatles Monthly, Sept. 1964

“I marveled at [George’s] ability to separate himself from the mythology of the Beatles and stay grounded with what mattered. He showed me how Hindu philosophy could guide someone living in the West.” - fan Veena Siddharth (2001) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/7703133....

“The quality of the records sound better and better as the quality improved as we were making them. Like Rubber Soul sounded better than Help!…” - George Harrison, Rockline (1988) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8294702.... Photo by Robert Freeman

Remembering Tom Petty on the ninth anniversary of his passing. “George came along, and we just got so close; it was like we had known each other in some other life or something.” - Tom Petty, Petty: The Biography (2015) Photo by Neal Preston

Remembering Tom Petty on the ninth anniversary of his passing. “George came along, and we just got so close; it was like we had known each other in some other life or something.” - Tom Petty, Petty: The Biography (2015) Photo by Neal Preston

“We were proud being Wilburys and it was a lot of fun, but the greatest thing to me was there were some really long-lasting friendships made, and that’s a kind of gift that you just don’t get all the time.” - Tom Petty on The Traveling Wilburys, Billboard (November 28, 2005)

“We were proud being Wilburys and it was a lot of fun, but the greatest thing to me was there were some really long-lasting friendships made, and that’s a kind of gift that you just don’t get all the time.” - Tom Petty on The Traveling Wilburys, Billboard (November 28, 2005)

“The first verse was me just trying to make George and Jeff laugh. […] We liked things to be silly.” - Tom Petty, “The Making of ‘The Wilbury Twist,’” Traveling Wilburys YouTube channel More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8291979.... 📷: interview with Denise Donlon for The New Music (1990)

“The first verse was me just trying to make George and Jeff laugh. […] We liked things to be silly.” - Tom Petty, “The Making of ‘The Wilbury Twist,’” Traveling Wilburys YouTube channel More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8291979.... 📷: interview with Denise Donlon for The New Music (1990)

“It spoke to me with such soul. That’s the prettiest slide guitar on that record, that I have heard in my life.” - Carl Perkins on George’s guitar on the song “Distance Makes No Difference With Love,” Goldmine, October 1996 (published 1998) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8291082....

“I had the honor of spending an hour over tea with George and Olivia Harrison in 1992 [sic — 1991] when I was photographing George’s historic three-week tour of Japan.” - Carl Studna, beliefnet dot net Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/6701191.... Photo by Carl Studna

“Around the time of Rubber Soul and Revolver it was like I had a sudden flash, and it all seemed to be happening for some real purpose. The main thing for me was having the realization that there was definitely some reason for being here.” - George Harrison, Guitar World (1992, published 2001)

“Around the time of Rubber Soul and Revolver it was like I had a sudden flash, and it all seemed to be happening for some real purpose. The main thing for me was having the realization that there was definitely some reason for being here.” - George Harrison, Guitar World (1992, published 2001)

“Apart from his many other great gifts, George always had the ability to make everybody feel at ease and was happy to share whatever he had with his friends, including his enthusiasms.” - Jools Holland Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/7087979....

“[George] was taking his time, laughing a lot as he chatted and signed autographs for everyone…” - fan Marilyn Blake in meeting George in November 1976, Goldmine (January 25, 2002) Read the full recollection at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/6680383....

“I think ['Marwa Blues’] the nicest piece of music George ever wrote. It seems to reflect, or express a longing that goes beyond this world. To me, it’s a lament, it’s a plea without words.” - Olivia Harrison, BBC Radio (2009) More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8286544... 📷: Karl Schoendorfer

“I think ['Marwa Blues’] the nicest piece of music George ever wrote. It seems to reflect, or express a longing that goes beyond this world. To me, it’s a lament, it’s a plea without words.” - Olivia Harrison, BBC Radio (2009) More at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8286544... 📷: Karl Schoendorfer