Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
BRIAN WILSONAny 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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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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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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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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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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I earned my famous name.
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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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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 not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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 get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
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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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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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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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