Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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 have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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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 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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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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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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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I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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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 still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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I get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
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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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