I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
BRIAN WILSON
I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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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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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I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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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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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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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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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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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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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