Footage from rehearsals for the Concert for Bangladesh (as included in the 2005 DVD release).
Happy birthday to Bob Dylan!
“[I]f Dylan hadn’t said some of the things he did, nobody else was going to say them. Can you imagine what a world it would be if it didn’t have a Bob Dylan? It would be awful.” - George Harrison, It’s Not Only Rock ‘n’ Roll - Iconic Musicians Reveal The Source Of Their Creativity (2013) “I think his voice is great, I love that sort of madness. And as a person he’s somebody who — well, as he said, ‘Time will tell who has fell and who’s been left behind.’ Bob is still out there and whether you like him or not he’s Bob. I’ve always listened to his music. I’m thankful there’s people like that.” - George Harrison, Musician (March 1990) Q: “What did you think of Bob Dylan getting nominated for an Oscar?” George: “I think he should win it! I think he should win ALL the Oscars all the Tonys all the Grammys” - Yahoo web chat (February 15, 2001) “George quoted Bob like people quote Scripture. Bob really adored George, too.” - Tom Petty, Rolling Stone (January 17, 2002) “I mean, you tell me one person other than Bob Dylan who has a moral message in a tune that’s improved upon Bob’s words in his song ‘Every Grain of Sand’: ‘Don’t have the inclination to look back on any mistakes/Like Cain I now behold this chain of events that I must break/In the fury of the moment I can see the Masters hand/In every leaf that trembles/In every grain of sand/Oh the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yester-year/Like criminals they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer/…I gaze into the doorway of temptations angry flame/And every time I pass that way/I always hear my name/Then onward in my journey/I come to understand/That every hair is numbered/Like every grain of sand.’” - George Harrison, Billboard (June 19, 1999)