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Dhani Harrison

(1978) Singer United Kingdom

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Dhani Harrison is a singer from the United Kingdom, best known for In///parallel.

Quick Facts About Dhani Harrison

Born: August 1, 1978
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Singer
Notable works: In///parallel

About Dhani Harrison

Dhani Harrison is an English and American musician, composer and singer-songwriter. He is the son of George Harrison, lead guitarist of the Beatles, and Olivia Harrison. Dhani 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.

Quotes by Dhani Harrison

Everyone's seen the Beatles.

Beatles

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I did everything I could to not be a musician

Music

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I'm a huge Wu-Tang fan.

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My dad was my hero, my best friend.

Best friend

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My job description is... being enthusiastic.

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Thenewno2 is sort of my little prototype band, really.

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I don't ever use my name for anything in terms of getting the music heard.

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I'm still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

Being

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I have two mini huskies called Woody Guthrie and Edison Guthrie.

Animal

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Im still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

Composer

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Live a Lie' is inspired by recent combinations found in dubstep.

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My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.

Dad

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I recently got into 'Lie to Me' with Tim Roth and 'The Mentalist.'

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I only discovered electronic music as a teenager and I still love the Prodigy and Massive Attack.

Age

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I've grown up around cinema. Michael Kamen was a very, very close friend of mine, sort of my godfather. So I know…

Cinema

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I think I learned a lot about not buying into a lot of hype. I wanted to be a kind of faceless…

Buying

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Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like…

People

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People see my face, they hear my voice, and I know they're thinking about my father. That's OK - he was a…

Faces

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I don't really plan to be a pop star; I just want to be able to make music without the whole My…

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When my dad toured in '91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty…

Dad

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It was a relief to be able to do my own band, because I was very responsible for all this amazing music…

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I was always brutally teased for being George Harrison's son. That was from the age of about four or five, before I…

Age

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The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my…

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I was very empty after my father passed away. It was an emotional time, as it would be for anyone, but to…

Cathartic

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I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So I've done that kind of stuff for…

Age

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I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd…

Couple

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I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn…

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You can' t help being a musician because you've grown up with music, yet being one means being compared to your dad…

Ambition

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I came home one day from school after being chased by kids singing “Yellow Submarine”, and I didn't understand why. It just…

Beatles

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I can't even begin to describe how I miss him. He always supported me in everything I did. He was a very…

Age

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I did the first backwards guitar solo on ‘I’m Only Sleeping’

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I was an only child. I hung out with my parents.

Child

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Someone recently played me 'Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell' by Das Racist. That should be my theme song.

Bells

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One interviewer asked me: 'How do you feel that you've betrayed your father?' That wasn't really very cool.

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

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You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your…

Book

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To come out in the music business, you only really get one shot. A lot of people get to play small gigs…

Business

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I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange,…

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In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next…

Actor

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I sometimes listen to music I made and find it to be something I wouldn't want to buy from a store, if…

Listening to music

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