I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
BRIAN WILSONHumor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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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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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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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 get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
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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 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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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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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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I earned my famous name.
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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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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 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 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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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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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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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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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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’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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