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.
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 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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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 like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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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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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’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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I have stage fright every single concert I’ve ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It’s absolute living hell.
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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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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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I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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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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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Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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