I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
BRIAN WILSONJ.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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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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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 think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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I’m just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood – but not very often.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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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