I get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
BRIAN WILSONI listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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I have stage fright every single concert I’ve ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It’s absolute living hell.
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I wake up in the morning and I say ‘Ahh! Today’s the day for a song! I’m going to write a song today!’ And I do. I write a song.
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I have auditory hallucinations, I hear voices saying derogatory things, like I’m terrible and I’m going to die, and they’re usually worse in the afternoon.
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I sit and I write automatically. I don’t really try to write. My subconscious mind takes over and writes the songs for me. Songs come very easily for me. When I’m inspired, it takes me 20 minutes to write a song.
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I consider myself to be a crusader of love. I try to spread love around the world as best I can because I know I have a handle on love.
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I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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I’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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If there’s not love present, it’s much, much harder to function. When there’s love present, it’s easier to deal with life.
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I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.
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I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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Any article’s good. Long as it’s publicity, I think that’s all that matters. I think it’s advancement for my career.
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I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.
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You say how you feel, and songs don’t lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is–there’s nothing that lies about a song.
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Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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