I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
BRIAN WILSONGershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.
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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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Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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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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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on…like ‘California Girls’ which was a hymn to youth.
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I earned my famous name.
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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 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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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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 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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