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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

Brian Wilson

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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Experience Joy Music Myself Pain People Result Sadness Youth
You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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Genius Life People Yourself
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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Expression Feeling Honesty Lying Myself Song
I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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Financial Life Luck Myself Security
I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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Embarrassment Growth Myself Old
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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Idol Music Myself
I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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Feeling Guide Hands Music Myself
I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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Curse Myself Thinking Word
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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Deep Easy Greatness Innovation Listening Meditation Spiritual Time Yourself
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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Myself Past Success
You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It’s the rhythm in our soul.
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Ourselves Pave Rhythm Road Soul
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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Head Ideas Myself Satisfaction Song Sound
I get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
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Favorite Myself People Song Voice
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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Break Doctor Happiness Life Myself Nervous Program
I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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Instrument Music Myself
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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Auditory Death Dreams Myself Voice Worst
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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Children Myself Person Reality Retreat Talk
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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Concept Influence Inspirational Myself
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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Ideas Meditation Myself Spiritual Thinking
I have stage fright every single concert I’ve ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It’s absolute living hell.
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Concert Fright Hell Live Myself Stage
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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Day Morning Myself Wake Up Writing
I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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Believe Feeling Myself Right
I believe that music is God’s voice.
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Believe God Music Myself Voice
Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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Friendship Love Mercy Need Night Yourself
I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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Instrument Music Myself Piano Play
Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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Children Craze Death Music Myself Summer
I’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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Money Myself Note Simplicity Thinking Word Writing

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