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\u201cYou know, they say in this life, you have to perfect one human relationship in order to really love God. You practice loving God by loving another human, and by giving unconditional love,\u201d Olivia Harrison once said, a belief that her husband, George Harrison<\/a>, lived by too, and really, if there was one relationship in his life that summarised his view on it all, it was arguably the one he shared with Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n Throughout his career, Harrison had a lot of incredibly close and collaborative relationships. There were his Beatles bandmates, his complex connection with his best friend, turned rival, turned friend again, Eric Clapton, there was the closeness he shared with Brian Epstein, his band\u2019s manager, and then there were his new bandmates in the Traveling Wilburys<\/a>. Obviously, on top of that, there were romantic connections, including Olivia and his ex-wife, Pattie Boyd, but there was always something special and tender about one association of his, and that\u2019s the one he shared with Dylan.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t just that Dylan was once a hero, though. Sure, The Beatles idolised the American icon, and in the early 1960s, he seemed to show them the way, as after meeting the new folk leader, the band turned more in that direction, broadening their idea of rock and roll. But while John Lennon especially wound up having a tricky connection with artist<\/a>, Harrison fell into his own relationship with him, one where Dylan always seemed to back him up.<\/p>\n \u201cGeorge got stuck with being the Beatle that had to fight to get songs on records because of Lennon and [Paul] McCartney,\u201d Dylan said in 2007, reflecting on what he saw back in the \u201860s. Out of them all, his belief in Harrison was the strongest, stating, \u201cIf George had had his own group and was writing his own songs back then, he\u2019d have been probably just as big as anybody\u201d.<\/p>\n So during the band\u2019s breakdown, Dylan stepped in; if there was one person who made sure the Harrison solo career happened, it was arguably him, as the artist didn\u2019t just encourage him, but wrote with him, guided him, and introduced him to people.<\/p>\n Harrison\u2019s friendship with Dylan, and their late 1960s jam sessions, were really the spark of All Things Must Pass, not only providing him with inspiration, but making him see that he could, and would, be fine without The Beatles, reassuring him that he could be great on his own. <\/p>\n