John Lennon didn’t initially like George Harrison
Harrison immediately liked Lennon, but the feeling did not go both ways. Lennon thought Harrison was too young to join his band and would damage their reputation.
“I think [John] did feel a bit embarrassed about that because I was so tiny,” Harrison said, per the book George Harrison: Behind the Locked Door by Graeme Thomson. “I only looked about ten years old.”
Harrison often dropped by Lennon’s house unannounced, which Lennon resented.
“He came round once and asked me to go to the pictures with him but I pretended I was busy,” Lennon said. “I didn’t dig him on first sight.”
Luckily, they were able to establish a better relationship over the years.
