George Harrison and Jackie Stewart; looks to be at Donington, 1979 George was one of the most influential people in my life. We went racing together and I listened to his music endlessly. I don’t know if George always was, but he definitely developed into a real thinking man. We were very much opposites. He discovered some of that in India, some of that through religion, some of that through his life. He was a great friend to have, a very loyal friend. He was just a good man, a real gentle man. He was a fantastic thinker. He had one of the best minds of anybody I have ever met. He had his own beliefs, but as he got older he wasn’t someone who couldn’t get on with anyone who didn’t share that opinion. That was one of the nice things about George. Here was I living a whole different lifestyle from George, a different pace. As time passed we became close, which seemed to confirm the old saying that opposites attract. While I liked to organize my life with military precision, George took a more laid-back approach. The thing that most impressed me about him was he was very sincere. George told it like it was. He was very straight. He didn’t like people who were fakes. If he said he was going to do something, he would do it. […] I’ve seen lots of friends die, racing colleagues, family, but no death ever affected me the way George’s did.” - Sir Jackie Stewart to Ken McNab, The Beatles In Scotland
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 04:12:11 +0000
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