The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
BRIAN WILSONI’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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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’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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 play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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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’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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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 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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