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.
BRIAN WILSONI 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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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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 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 always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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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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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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Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.
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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.
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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 listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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