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.
BRIAN WILSONSo 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.
BRIAN WILSONSummer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
BRIAN WILSONI 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 WILSONSurfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
BRIAN WILSONI 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.
BRIAN WILSONI think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.
BRIAN WILSONThe 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.
BRIAN WILSONI have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
BRIAN WILSONI 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.
BRIAN WILSONI still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
BRIAN WILSONI 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.
BRIAN WILSONYou’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
BRIAN WILSONIf you’re going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it’s better to write with collaborators.
BRIAN WILSONSome people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
BRIAN WILSONI earned my famous name.
BRIAN WILSONHumor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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