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.
BRIAN WILSONIf you’re going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it’s better to write with collaborators.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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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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’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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I earned my famous name.
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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’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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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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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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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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 think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there’s a lot to be said for that way of thinking.
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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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