You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
BRIAN WILSONLove and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on…like ‘California Girls’ which was a hymn to youth.
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I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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All of the artists did such a beautiful job I can’t thank them enough. I’m just honored that ‘God Only Knows’ was chosen. ‘God Only Knows’ is a very special song. An extremely spiritual song and one of the best I’ve ever written.
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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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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 still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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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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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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