Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and singer-songwriter who is the only child of George Harrison and Olivia Harrison. Harrison debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, Brainwashed, and completing it with the assistance of Jeff Lynne after his father's death in November 2001. Harrison formed his own band, thenewno2, in 2006...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth1 August 1978
CityWindsor, England
kids people supportive
In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next generation.
father men thinking
People see my face, they hear my voice, and I know they're thinking about my father. That's OK - he was a great man.
song school years
I was always brutally teased for being George Harrison's son. That was from the age of about four or five, before I even knew who he was. And for seven years people would follow me about school singing 'Yellow Submarine.' I still can't listen to that song to this day.
dad trying lessons
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. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business.
teacher book self
You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.
song sorry dad
I came home one day from school after being chased by kids singing “Yellow Submarine”, and I didn't understand why. It just seemed surreal: why are they singing that song to me? I came home and I freaked out on my dad: 'Why didn't you tell me you were in The Beatles?' And he said, 'Oh, sorry. Probably should have told you that.'
dad looks used
My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.
check dad kept sage
'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.
great people
Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like that.
tim
I recently got into 'Lie to Me' with Tim Roth and 'The Mentalist.'
dad iron knew left maiden music saw
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.