Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
BRIAN WILSONI think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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 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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I’m doing good. I’ve had a slight nervous breakdown in the ’60s. I got through that. And I got through the ’70s. And I was in a doctor’s program during the ’80s and then I met Melinda and we’ve been together ever since. I’ve got a happy life.
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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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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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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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 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 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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