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.
BRIAN WILSONI still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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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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’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.
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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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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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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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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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I earned my famous name.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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So it’s 1976 and we’re still riding on our past success. I mean I’ve gone on like that for I don’t know how long.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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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 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.
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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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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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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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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