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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.

Brian Wilson

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.
BRIAN WILSON

Day Morning Myself Wake Up Writing
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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Fun Goodness Happiness Summer Sunshine
I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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Enough Money Myself Old Time Vote
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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God Hard Myself Thinking Trip Wonder
I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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Genius Hard Work Man Myself
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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Inspirational Mindset Music Myself Song Try Writing
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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Depression Head Mental Myself Sick Understand Voice
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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Advancement Article Career Goodness Myself Thinking
I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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Embarrassment Growth Myself Old
I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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Believe Feeling Myself Right
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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Children Myself Person Reality Retreat Talk
I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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Happiness Myself Person
I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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Movie Myself Song Writing Yourself
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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Experience Joy Music Myself Pain People Result Sadness Youth
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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Artist Beautiful Best Job Myself Thinking Writing
You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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Genius Life People Yourself
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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Myself Past Success
I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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Feeling Guide Hands Music Myself
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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Idol Music Myself
I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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Financial Life Luck Myself Security
There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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Daughter Girl Greatness Myself Woman
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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Attention Fear Myself
Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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Friendship Love Mercy Need Night Yourself
I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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Instrument Music Myself Piano Play
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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Auditory Death Dreams Myself Voice Worst
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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Concept Influence Inspirational Myself
If there’s not love present, it’s much, much harder to function. When there’s love present, it’s easier to deal with life.
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Deal Function Hard Life Love Myself Present

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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