Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.
BRIAN WILSONI consider myself to be a crusader of love. I try to spread love around the world as best I can because I know I have a handle on love.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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 like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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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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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’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 have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There’s a spiritual depth to his music. You can listen to it and it’s like meditation.
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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 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’m just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood – but not very often.
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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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If there’s not love present, it’s much, much harder to function. When there’s love present, it’s easier to deal with life.
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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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