I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
BRIAN WILSONI’m happy; I’m a happy person.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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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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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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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 have auditory hallucinations, I hear voices saying derogatory things, like I’m terrible and I’m going to die, and they’re usually worse in the afternoon.
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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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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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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All of the artists did such a beautiful job I can’t thank them enough. I’m just honored that ‘God Only Knows’ was chosen. ‘God Only Knows’ is a very special song. An extremely spiritual song and one of the best I’ve ever written.
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