I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
BRIAN WILSONYou don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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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 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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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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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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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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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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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 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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Gershwin 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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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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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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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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