#(be sure to check out Klaus' art and musical guest spots and production work)

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Happy 85th birthday to Klaus Voormann!

“Klaus got into his petite but plain Citroen 2CV one day and drove round chez George Harrison. ‘Hello, George,’ said Klaus. ‘Hello, Klaus,’ said George, in the middle of painting his house, ‘would you like to help me paint my house?’ ‘No,' replied Klaus, ‘but if you were to lend me your paints, we could paint my car instead.’ ‘What a good idea,’ said George, delighted. And they painted and painted all day and produced the colorful result you can see in the colorful picture [here]. ‘The car belongs to a friend of mine,’ said Klaus when we were chatting over a drink or two the other hot day. ‘He wanted to sell the car anyway — and I think it looks much better now it’s painted. We just did it for fun really — though I’m more hung up than ever now about painting.’“ - from an article by Derek Boltwood, Record Mirror, July 13, 1968

“George Harrison was my favorite person, I loved him more than anything.” - Klaus Voormann, Typisch Deutsch, Deutsche Welle, 2009

“He cared so much for how I felt, he cared for Astrid Kirchherr. Aside from a few periods in his life, he kept old friends. He would make me presents at Christmas — an Indian carpet with animals on it, a Champ amplifier, a Fender Precision fretless bass, a T-shirt with Crazy Kraut written on it. I loved him. He was a great person. I miss him.” - Klaus Voormann, MOJO, November 2014

“[T]here was a certain spiritual kinship between [George] and myself. I felt like he attended to me especially. He always wanted to know everything about me. He registered my shyness and always tried to push me forward. He could look deep into my heart, and if he discovered something that was troubling me, he was already working on eradicating it.” - Klaus Voormann, translated from Warum spielst du Imagine nicht auf dem weißen Klavier, John? (2003) (x)