Dhani Harrison – Quotes Crazy

Websites are kind of useless. Theres so much great web content and design out there, but the ways in which they are being experienced are not being maximized. – Dhani Harrison

The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. Its not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me. – Dhani Harrison

I dont really plan to be a pop star I just want to be able to make music without the whole My Dad thing hanging over me, which everyone in my position goes through. – Dhani Harrison

You can t help being a musician because youve grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad and being slated for it. But I really dont have the ambitions of most people going into the industry. – Dhani Harrison

Keep your head down at school. Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years. – Dhani Harrison

Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually – well… if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. Its the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business. – Dhani Harrison

I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So Ive done that kind of stuff for ages. It wasnt until after we finished working on Brainwash, my dads album after he died, then it was like That phase is over in my life now, now we can get on with our music, with our band. – Dhani Harrison

When my dad toured in 91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty scary. I was 12, or 13. – Dhani Harrison

I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. Id gone with him to Japan in 91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall. – Dhani Harrison

My dad used to say to me, You look more like me than I do. – Dhani Harrison

One interviewer asked me: How do you feel that youve betrayed your father? That wasnt really very cool. – Dhani Harrison

It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music I didnt want to mess up before. – Dhani Harrison

I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him. – Dhani Harrison

I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices. – Dhani Harrison