Any article’s good. Long as it’s publicity, I think that’s all that matters. I think it’s advancement for my career.
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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I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there’s a lot to be said for that way of thinking.
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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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Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
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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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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 play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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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’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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 earned my famous name.
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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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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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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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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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 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.
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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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