harrisonarchive:George Harrison and Paul McCartney in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1990s; photos by/©
harrisonarchive:George Harrison and Paul McCartney in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1990s; photos by/© Paul (?), ITV/Shutterstock, Leslie Bryce, Jim Marshall, Linda McCartney, and a screenshot from The Beatles Anthology.Happy 80th birthday to Paul!Q: “You met Paul first.” George Harrison: “Yeah, Paul went to school with me. I met him when I was about twelve years old. So I had this guitar, the one I just talked about, and Paul had a trumpet for some reason. His father, in his earlier days, had been involved in a little dance band. He was a piano player. So there was a lot of music in Paul’s house too. But [then] we started hanging out together.” - WNEW-FM, 1987“George put on do-do-do-do [sings the signature riff] which is very much a part of the song [‘And I Love Her’]. Y’know, the opening riff. That, to me, made a stunning difference to the song and whenever I play the song now, I remember the moment George came up with it. That song would not be the same without it.” - Paul McCartney, MOJO, November 2011“Paul always writes nice melodies.” - George Harrison, Scene and Heard, 8 October 1969“‘The thing about Paul,’ George says, ‘is that apart from the personal problem of it all, he’s having a wonderful time. He’s going riding and he’s got horses and he’s got a farm in Scotland and he’s happier with his family. And I can dig that.’” - early 1970s; The Blacklisted Journalist, 2001“I’ve always preferred Paul’s good melodies to his screaming rock & roll tunes. The tune I thought was sensational on the London Town album was ‘I’m Carrying.’” - George Harrison, Rolling Stone, 19 April 1979“[N]ow we don’t have any problems whatsoever as far as being people is concerned, and it’s quite nice to see him. But I don’t know about being in a band with him, how that would work out. It’s like, we all have our own tunes to do. And my problem was that it would always be very difficult to get in on the act, because Paul was very pushy in that respect. When he succumbed to playing on one of your tunes, he’d always do good. But you’d have to do fifty-nine of Paul’s songs before he’d even listen to one of yours. So, in that respect, it would be very difficult to ever play with him. But, you know, we’re cool as far as being pals goes.” - George Harrison, Rolling Stone, 19 April 1979“But we do, actually, we do get on. […] I still love him, and it doesn’t matter, I’m going to continue my friendship with him regardless of his attitude, because I don’t have time to screw around anymore, you know.” - George Harrison, The Midday Show, February 1988“Actually, I love Paul, he’s my mate, and it doesn’t matter what they say in the papers, they’re not gonna get much mileage out of that one.” - George Harrison (regarding the media’s claim of a feud between Harrison and McCartney at the San Remo Festival in 1988), Aspel & Company, 5 March 1988“There’s always a place in my heart for Paul… and Linda.” - George Harrison, Musician, March 1990Q: “Does Paul still piss you off (tell us the truth)” george_harrison_live: “Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass — You know his faults — Then let his foibles pass.” george_harrison_live: “Old Victorian Proverb.” george_harrison_live: “I’m sure there’s enough about me that pisses him off, but I think we have now grown old enough to realize” george_harrison_live: “that we’re both pretty damn cute!” - Yahoo web chat, 15 February 2001 (x) -- source link
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