Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
BRIAN WILSONI think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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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Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
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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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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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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 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’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can’t understand what they are saying. It’s a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.
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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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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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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