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.
BRIAN WILSONLove and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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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 cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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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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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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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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 like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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 can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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If you’re going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it’s better to write with collaborators.
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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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