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.
BRIAN WILSONI think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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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.
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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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 know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It’s the rhythm in our soul.
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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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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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I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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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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I get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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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 believe that music is God’s voice.
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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’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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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 play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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I earned my famous name.
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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 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 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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