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I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?

Brian Wilson

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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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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’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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I’m just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood – but not very often.
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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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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 have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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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 always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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