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 WILSONPeople 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 play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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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’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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 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 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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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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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 have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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