George Harrison Quotes

I'm not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I'm going to say how I feel.

I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out.

The idea is that for ten minutes, we forget that we have feelings. And we forget about protecting ourselves or other people and we just say the truth. For ten minutes. And then we can go back to being lame.

Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.

If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with myself at all times.

I remember keeping a lot of journals and diaries and trying to form a complete thought just based off of those immediate, raw feelings. If anything, I was conscious about how I just always wanted to be as honest as possible, no matter how vulnerable it would make me seem.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I can't hide my feelings.

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.

I don’t hide my emotions from people.

We're a pretty open-book family; we kind of lead with our hearts. There's nothing to hide.

It's the most personal thing that I do is sing. Because I can't tell a lie. I want them to know exactly what I'm feeling.

Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.

What I say is how I feel.

I am an emotional guy. I try to be very honest.

I am an honest person, and that includes showing my emotions - good or bad.

I don't try to hide my feelings or what I think.

I say what I'm feeling, and a lot of people feel the same way.

The main thing is to be myself. What I mean by that is, to be honest when called upon to express your feelings. The other thing is - maybe this should come first - to be a good listener. To close your mouth and to listen, and to be able to echo back what your partner says to you.

I want to be remembered as an artist that gave you a piece of me, as opposed to some surface bullshit. I just want to be remembered as a poet that was open and honest because I wake up every morning and I'm me.

It is very hard to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings – much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.

I don't really believe in pretending to be happy when you're not. Mostly I believe that you should burden your friends with your problems.

Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements. I believe there is always exposure, vulnerability, in the writing process, which is not to say it is either confessional or memoir. Simply, it is real.

I think a lot of people don't wear their hearts on their sleeves. I think people should, but a lot of people don't. People may be a bit taken back sometimes about how honest I am and how open I am. But I'm happier this way - it's a good thing for me.