George Harrison, best man at Joe Brown’s wedding in 2000; photo by Judy Totton/Shutterstock.
“My dad’s favorite number was 7, and a lot of things that he did were according to the number 7, whether he meant it or not. That was the highest honor I could have given a track on the album [Brainwashed], to put it track 7.” - Dhani Harrison, Brainwashed EPK
Track no. 7 series: “Stuck Inside A Cloud” —
“Well, some songs were written prior to his illness and some during. And his illness did have an impact on his songwriting. But you have to realize that he never sat around moping, ‘Oh, I’m ill.’ Even when he first found out that he was ill, years ago [in 1997], and the doctor gave him — what? — 6 months to live! He was just like, ‘Bollocks!’ He was never afraid. He was willing to try and get better, but he didn’t care. He wasn't attached to this world in the way most people would be. He was on to bigger and better things. And he had a real total and utter disinterest in worrying and being stressed. My dad had no fear of dying whatsoever. I can’t stress that enough, really.” - Dhani Harrison, Guitar World, January 2003
“Even as a demo in the first first version, a lot of these songs my dad would play on the ukulele, he wrote the lyrics down and he remembered the chords. And they were just in his head. I always thought these were songs that maybe had come off other albums that he’d done years ago because I heard them so much growing up. Great, great songs, I mean, some of the best songs he’s ever written. The lyrics are just, if you listen to them, talking about everyone’s self-realization. You know, get in there and take them apart, listen to them and get them in your head because they’re only gonna be good for you.” - Dhani Harrison, BBC Radio, 2009 (x)
Speaking of George being best man at Joe Brown's wedding...
”George ended up as my best man and he certainly was an’ all. He was a wonderful friend and I miss him every day. I don’t seem to be able to think about him in the past tense, I always figure he’s still around.” - Joe Brown, Express, October 11, 2016 (x)
