I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
BRIAN WILSONEvery now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can’t understand what they are saying. It’s a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.
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Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can’t understand what they are saying. It’s a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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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’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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 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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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 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 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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I earned my famous name.
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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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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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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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