I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
BRIAN WILSONI get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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’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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I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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I earned my famous name.
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