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 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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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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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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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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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I’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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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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