The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
BRIAN WILSONI’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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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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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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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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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 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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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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