I’m just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood – but not very often.
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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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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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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 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 believe that music is God’s voice.
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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 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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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 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 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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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 have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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