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.
BRIAN WILSONI play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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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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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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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 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 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 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 like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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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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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 believe that music is God’s voice.
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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’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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