George Harrison Biography

George Harrison, Musician
Known asCarl Harrison, L'Angelo Misterioso, Hari Georgeson, Nelson/Spike Wilbury, George Harrysong
Occup.Musician
FromUnited Kingdom
BornFebruary 25, 1943
Liverpool, England, UK
DiedNovember 29, 2001
Los Angeles, California, US
Aged58 years
George Harrison was an English musician as well as movie manufacturer, best known as a member of the British rock group The Beatles.

Harrison was the solo guitarist in The Beatles. During the group's incredibly effective profession, it was John Lennon and also Paul McCartney, that wrote as well as sang the initial voice on a lot of songs, but Harrison wrote and also/ or sang the very first voice on a few tunes on each album. Amongst those tunes was "If I Needed Someone," "Taxman," "Within You Without You," "While My Guitar Gently Weep," "Here Comes the Sun" and also "Something.".

During his duration in the Beatles were Harrison also have an interest in both Indian songs as well as Hinduism, and also contributed to an expanding passion in Indian society in the West, but most importantly, ought to both have crucial functions in Harrison's own life.

Harrison had an uneven however sometimes really successful solo profession after the Beatles separated, and also obtained a variety of chart strikes with tracks like "My Sweet Lord" (1970), "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (1973), "All Those Years Ago" (1981), as well as "Got My Mind Set on You" (1987). He also arranged the first ever large rock charity performance, The Concert for Bangladesh, which was held on 1 august 1971, which paved the way for comparable future events such as Live Aid. Harrison was honored as a solo artist with an area of honor in the Rock Gallery (Rock as well as Roll Hall of Fame) in 2004. He was formerly (1988) chosen as a participant of The Beatles.

He was, together with the other participants of The Beatles, appointed to the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1965.

Harrison additionally contributed to a number of considerable movie projects such as film manufacturer, and also formed the manufacturing company Handmade Films in 1979. The firm's movies consist of Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Withnail as well as I, as well as Mona Lisa. Harrison likewise had a cameo in the movie The Rutles, that was informally parody of The Beatles.

Our collection contains 24 quotes who is written / told by George, under the main topic Birthday.

Related authors: Elizabeth I (Royalty), Roy Orbison (Musician), Peter Tork (Musician), Billy Preston (Musician), Brian Epstein (Businessman), Elizabeth II (Royalty), Paul McCartney (Musician), Queen Elizabeth II (Royalty), Jim Capaldi (Musician), John Lennon (Musician)

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24 Famous quotes by George Harrison

Small: Hippies are so phoney and fake
"Hippies are so phoney and fake"
Small: Ill play what you want or I wont play at all
"I'll play what you want or I won't play at all"
Small: Ill give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, Ill nev
"I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music"
Small: I wanted to be successful, not famous
"I wanted to be successful, not famous"
Small: The world used us as an excuse to go mad
"The world used us as an excuse to go mad"
Small: The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them
"The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them"
Small: The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since the
"The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them"
Small: The Beatles will go on and on
"The Beatles will go on and on"
Small: The Beatles will exist without us
"The Beatles will exist without us"
Small: The Beatles saved the world from boredom
"The Beatles saved the world from boredom"
Small: Love one another
"Love one another"
Small: Gossip is the Devils radio
"Gossip is the Devil's radio"
Small: As long as you hate, there will be people to hate
"As long as you hate, there will be people to hate"
Small: As far as Im concerned, there wont be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead
"As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead"
Small: America has everything, why should they want us
"America has everything, why should they want us"
Small: All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much
"All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much"
Small: After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on
"After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather"
Small: We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illu
"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"
Small: Try to realize its all within yourself no one else can make you change, and to see youre only very smal
"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"
Small: Theres high, and theres high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on the water, t
"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"
Small: Youve got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you dont want
"You've got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don't want"
Small: With our love, we could save the world
"With our love, we could save the world"
Small: When youve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there
"When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there"
Small: We were the Spice Boys
"We were the Spice Boys"