George Harrison Snapped at a Journalist Looking for an Autograph: 'He Was Glowering At Me'
In 1976, George Harrison was in India, and a local journalist set out to interview him — and score an autograph for a friend. After much searching, the journalist, C.Y. Gopinath, managed to track Harrison down. He had no interest in giving an interview, though. When Gopinath asked for his autograph, Harrison responded sourly.
After many exhausting years of touring and recording music, The Beatles took a trip to India to study Transcendental Meditation.
“The weeks the Beatles spent at the ashram were a uniquely calm and creative oasis for them: meditation, vegetarian food and the gentle beauty of the foothills of the Himalayas,” photographer Paul Saltzman wrote, per Rolling Stone. “There were no fans, no press, no rushing around with busy schedules, and in this freedom, in this single capsule of time, they created more great music than in any similar period in their illustrious careers.”
Source: Emma McKee/cheatsheet.com
