Composite/Sutcliffe (This color reproduction is likely the actual painting from the black and white photograph)
Cynthia & John Lennon during their first ski excursion on the Chantarella Slopes in St. Moritz, Switzerland | 28 January 1965 (I) (II)
George Harrison en route to, and on, the Isle of Skye, Scotland; photos by Pattie Boyd. (Morrison Hotel Gallery dates these as 1971.)
“George was always a reluctant famous person.” - Pattie Boyd, British Beatles Fan Club, 2011
"He was never happy with his celebrity status. He hated being recognized, people feeling that they owned him and never giving him any peace, and it had got to the point where we simply stopped going out altogether. So the trip to Skye was the most wonderful experience, for both of us. [On that trip] he looked like a complete madman. But he was quite funny about it really — he never took himself too seriously.” - Pattie Boyd, 2007 article, via BeatleLinks
“George was a very sweet guy, very humble. We went down to the Stein Inn and had a couple of pints in there. For the most part Don[ovan] and he kept themselves to themselves. He signed a couple of autographs, but by and large he was left alone. I’m sure the locals were surprised to find a Beatle in their midst, but no one bothered him much. I think he was just enjoying some peace and quiet away from all the hassles people like him have to go throught. Most of the time they just hung out with each other, playing guitars. […] They were always joshing with each other, a lot of banter. He was a really lovely fellow.” - Sam Richards, The Beatles In Scotland (x)
"We had gone over to the Isle of Skye to visit and stay with Donovan, because he had a house up there. We all went on a walk, and there was a little crofter’s house that you can see to the right of George, and I wanted to get that house and George in the same shot. Scotland is wild, and nature has done exactly what it wants to the landscaping and to the coast. It’s not tamed in any way, and there’s a beauty in that because it’s largely untouched by human hands.” - Pattie Boyd, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2013
“George was never very comfortable with that level of fame. The Beatles had experiences where they realized, on tour, that they were trapped in their hotel room. They couldn’t go anywhere. That’s when George realized what fame had done to them, and he didn’t like it. He didn’t understand why HE was famous. Why him and not somebody else?” - Pattie Boyd, American Photo, July/August 2008
“George was never an enthusiastic Beatle. He rated himself as a musician first and pop star last. […] He was always more concerned with stepping ahead in style and quality on the next album than he was with reaching Number One with a new single.” (Melody Maker, 6 September 1975) (x)
I'm a thousand different people. Every one is real.
Candy Darling, My Face for the World to See
Led Zeppelin at Bath Blues Festival in 1970
Is now a good time to post my gay old man musician polycule theory chart
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Paul McCartney trying to take off Taylor Swift's boots.
robert plant does NOT make music for straight men. if you are a middle aged classic rock dad who listens to led zeppelin YOU ARE GAY
John Bonham in the movie Son of Dracula, filmed 1972 – released 1974. He was a drummer in the band of Count Downe.
Barbarella, 1969 dir. Roger Vadim