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.
BRIAN WILSONSurfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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I’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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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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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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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 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 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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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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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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