George Harrison Steered Clear of Approaching Other Famous People Because He Knew ...

George Harrison steered clear of approaching other famous people. He knew what it felt like when people confronted him. If George craved invisibity he rationalized that other celebrities did too.

After experiencing Beatlemania for about 10 years, George’s nerves were shot. He said he and the band came out of the 1960s “shell-shocked. They were lucky to have their sanity and humor intact.

For much of the 1960s and 1970s, George and The Beatles couldn’t go anywhere without being mobbed by people. “A good romp? That was fair in the films,” he wrote in his 1980 memoir, I Me Mine, “but in the real world . . . we didn’t have any space . . . like monkeys in a zoo.”

Eventually, George didn’t know whether his life was a blessing or a curse. During a 1975 interview with Dave Herman at WNEW-FM (per George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters), George said the blessing is that you’re rich and famous and “all this looks rosy.” On the other hand, the curse is that you’re never left alone and have to deal with people’s expectations.

George never escaped the watchful eye of the public and the hounding press. They analyzed and scrutinized his every move. George often wished he was invisible.

Source: Hannah Wigandt /cheatsheet.com

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