I wanted to be successful, not famous.
Meaning of the quote
George Harrison, a famous British musician, wanted to focus on being successful in his work rather than becoming famous. He didn't care about being well-known; he just wanted to do a good job and be proud of his accomplishments. This quote shows that Harrison valued inner satisfaction over external recognition or popularity.
More quotes from George Harrison
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.
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When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.
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All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.
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We were the Spice Boys.
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The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them.
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The world used us as an excuse to go mad.
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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.
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Hippies are so phoney and fake.
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As far as I’m concerned, there won’t be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.
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I’ll play what you want or I won’t play at all.
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I’ll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I’ll never stop my music.
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As long as you hate, there will be people to hate.
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You’ve got as many lives as you like, and more, even ones you don’t want.
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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.
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America has everything, why should they want us.
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The Beatles saved the world from boredom.
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Love one another.
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The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.
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The Beatles will go on and on.
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With our love, we could save the world.
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I wanted to be successful, not famous.
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Gossip is the Devil’s radio.
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