I sit and I write automatically. I don’t really try to write. My subconscious mind takes over and writes the songs for me. Songs come very easily for me. When I’m inspired, it takes me 20 minutes to write a song.
BRIAN WILSONI like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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I earned my famous name.
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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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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 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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I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there’s a lot to be said for that way of thinking.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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 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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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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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 think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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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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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 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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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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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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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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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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