“George was lovely. Wide-eyed, innocent, open and very loving and warm. He was always extremely popular with the fans and even in Hamburg had a dedicated, affectionate following. He used to tell me that he’d never met a girl like me before, and he meant it. Here I was, a photographer, with my own little car, living that sort of carefree artist’s life with my friends.

I felt protective of George. He was a long way from home and seemed to miss the attention of his family. The other boys were more grown up and so were a little less concerned with all that. I know, for example, that he always looked up to John, and probably even Stu, as big-brother figures. And conversely, it was sometimes difficult for them not to see George as something of a pain for being so young. Still, in their own way, they loved him. We all did. Even when things were pretty rough they all stuck together. They often argued amongst themselves, but just let an outsider have a go at one of them and the sparks would fly. At first they were close out of necessity; later it was out of love.”

- Astrid Kirchherr

“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE!!

“It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one.”

“I’ll do it [the performance] if you’ve got us on the roof.” - George Harrison, Let It Be book