Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
BRIAN WILSONI think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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 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 listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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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 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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If there’s not love present, it’s much, much harder to function. When there’s love present, it’s easier to deal with life.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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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 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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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I wake up in the morning and I say ‘Ahh! Today’s the day for a song! I’m going to write a song today!’ And I do. I write a song.
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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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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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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 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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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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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 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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