I get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
BRIAN WILSONYou 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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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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 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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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I earned my famous name.
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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 always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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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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Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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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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I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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