Editing Jimmy Webb (section)

===Friendships===
Webb had close personal relationships with [[Glen Campbell]] and actor [[Richard Harris]], both of whom had great success singing his songs. Hearing Campbell on the radio singing "[[Turn Around, Look at Me]]" inspired him when he was 15 years old in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Betts |first1=Stephen I. |title=Jimmy Webb on Glen Campbell: 'The American Beatle Has Passed' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/jimmy-webb-on-glen-campbell-the-american-beatle-has-passed-127064/ |website=rollngstone.com |date=August 9, 2017 |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref> A life-long friend, Webb thought of Campbell as a "big brother".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |title=Jimmy Webb, Writer of Glen Campbell Classics, Remembers 'My Big Brother, My Co-Culprit' |url=https://variety.com/2017/music/news/jimmy-webb-remembers-glen-campbell-songwriter-1202520456/ |website=variety..com |date=August 9, 2017 |publisher=Variety |access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref>

He said of Richard Harris, the Irish actor with a reputation as a serious alcoholic and substance abuser,<ref>{{cite web |last1=deBurca Butler |first1=Jonathan |title=Remembering Richard Harris - Bull, bard and boozing silverscreen superstar |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/remembering-richard-harris-bull-bard-and-boozing-silverscreen-superstar/36247119.html |website=independent.ie.com |date=October 23, 2017 |publisher=Irish Independent |access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Starkey |first1=Adam |title=Dumbledore actor Richard Harris once found by his son with "face in pound of cocaine" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/dumbledore-actor-richard-harris-found-by-son-face-cocaine-3352017 |website=nme.com |date=November 18, 2022 |publisher=New Musical Express |access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref> "Richard was a major figure in my life at a time when I needed someone like him to show me how to smoke a cigarette and drink whisky. It was kind of learning how men really live, and we had the time of our lives."<ref>{{cite web |last1=McPherson |first1=Douglas |title=Songwriter Jimmy Webb: 'Richard Harris taught me how men really live'; The American songwriter Jimmy Webb remembers late nights and hitmaking with his friend and mentor, the hellraising actor Richard Harris |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11508747/Songwriter-Jimmy-Webb-Richard-Harris-taught-me-how-men-really-live.html |website=telegraph.com |date=April 3, 2015 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=June 17, 2023}}</ref>