Music should be used for the perception of God, not jitterbugging. George Harrison More Quotes by George Harrison More Quotes From George Harrison Life is like a rain drop on a lotus leaf. Everybody realises that you're either very lucky person or you're not. George Harrison life-is-like lucky rain I'm grateful to myself and those closest to me me for having given me that non-material base that means I'm a happy man, one who doesn't have to compete or engineer projects he doesn't have his heart in. George Harrison grateful heart mean I don't believe in telling all to the public, but I feel a certain gratitude to them for having provided me with a fine material base that enables me to do pretty much what I want, possibly, for the rest of my life. George Harrison gratitude want believe As a Beatle, my everyday life belonged to the public in one way or another. We were always appearing for the public in the early days, or we were planning for them, producing for them, interviewing for their sake, etc. George Harrison everyday sake way It's wonderful to look back and think you were part of a force that shaped modern music and influenced the public in so many ways. However, that's all in the past. George Harrison looks past thinking Home life is best for me. But I do enjoy the company of good friends whether from long ago or newer friends who only know me as George, not the ex-Beatle. George Harrison long-ago good-friend home Some people, of course, can be happier with the cars, the fancy threads, the hilltop mansion, and the other status symbols of 'having made it', but I found that several of my most prized possessions were slipping away, despite all the fortune I had amassed. George Harrison fancy car people One reason I avoid the American TV talk show circuit, when I'm over there, is that the tabloids and the gossip mill are always churning with new, true, or untrue stories about new loves, old loves, pending marriages, divorces, trial separations, flings and affairs with people of every description. I'm not into any of that. George Harrison gossip divorce people The more people wake up spiritually, the more they'll begin to realize the depth of what Prabhupada was saying - how much he gave. George Harrison wake-up depth people 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 reflection tree people Anyway, there is one thing I have learned and that is not to dress uncomfortably, in styles which hurt: winklepicker shoes that cripple your feet and tight pants that squash your balls. Indian clothes are better. George Harrison squash shoes hurt I'll play what you want or I won't play at all. George Harrison what-you-want want play To put your full belief in your Guru, because it's for your own good, because you've decided that... It's just having a lot of respect for the person and it's like that with music as well...You should love your instrument and respect it. George Harrison guru belief love-you I had no ambition when I was a kid other than to play guitar and get in a rock 'n' roll band. I don't really like to be the guy in the white suit at the front. Like in the Beatles, I was the one who kept quiet at the back and let the other egos be at the front. George Harrison rocks ambition kids The response that comes from chanting is in the form of bliss, or spiritual happiness, which is a much higher taste than any happiness found here in the material world. That's why I say that the more you do it, the more you don't want to stop, because it feels so nice and peaceful. George Harrison peaceful nice spiritual Beware of sadness It can hit you It can hurt you Make you sore and what is more That is not what you are here for. George Harrison sadness hurt In one way, I'm never going to get out of this material world unless it's by His grace but then again, His grace is relative to the amount of desire I can manifest in myself. George Harrison grace desire world I've always wanted to lead an ordered, relatively conventional and private life. George Harrison conventional private-life wanted My son looks more like George Harrison than I do. George Harrison my-son looks son Krishna is God, and by chanting His Holy Names, the devotee quickly develops God-consciousness. George Harrison consciousness krishna names
