I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
BRIAN WILSONI think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there’s a lot to be said for that way of thinking.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 you’re going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it’s better to write with collaborators.
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You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It’s the rhythm in our soul.
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So it’s 1976 and we’re still riding on our past success. I mean I’ve gone on like that for I don’t know how long.
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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’m doing good. I’ve had a slight nervous breakdown in the ’60s. I got through that. And I got through the ’70s. And I was in a doctor’s program during the ’80s and then I met Melinda and we’ve been together ever since. I’ve got a happy life.
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The only reason I’d ever get a sex change operation is to see what it’s like to be right all the time.
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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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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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I get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
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I earned my famous name.
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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There’s a spiritual depth to his music. You can listen to it and it’s like meditation.
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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio…well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.
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