The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
BRIAN WILSONSome people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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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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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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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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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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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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I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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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Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
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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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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