George Harrison, on John Lennon's song "Instant Karma!", as quoted in "Instant Karma!" at The Beatles Bible

John phoned me up one morning in January and said, "I've written this tune and I'm going to record it tonight and have it pressed up and out tomorrow — that's the whole point: Instant Karma", you know." So I was in. I said, "OK, I'll see you in town." I was in town with Phil Spector and I said to Phil, "Why don't you come to the session?" There were just four people: John played piano, I played acoustic guitar, there was Klaus Voormann on bass, and Alan White on drums. We recorded the song and brought it out that week, mixed — instantly — by Phil Spector.

— George Harrison on Karma

What It Means

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About George Harrison

George Harrison (24 or 25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was a British songwriter, musician and film producer who rose to fame as a member of The Beatles.