Quite a few reliable sources come out here and then with an article or interview with close friends saying that George being the "Quiet Beatle" isn't really so, but the world and Beatles fans perceived him to be. Was he just overshined by the other Beatles?
A recent article titled, "George Harrison: The provocateur Beatle" states that George's personality was described in the documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, as witty as the "smart" Beatle himself.
Another time, I recalled in one of the interviews about George, Tom Petty, who was a best friend and band mate from the Traveling Wilburys said of George, that George being the "quiet" Beatle was a myth, and that with close friends, he very much social.
George's wife/widow, Olivia, even stated... [“George was bold, and he was very provocative. I don’t know how many times I jabbed him in the ribs at some function when he’d make one of his comments. I’d tell him, ‘Don’t go there, don’t start,’ but he liked to have fun with people. He always could break the ice.”]
And here's an interesting bit:
Paul McCartney, in a relatively recent interview, credits Harrison’s crucial musical contributions to the group with a story about recording “And I Love Her.” He said, and then sings, “I had the part ‘I give her all my love, that’s all I do,’ but George came up with the [he sings the signature four-note acoustic guitar hook]. That’s the song, and he came up with that right there at the recording session.”
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