I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
BRIAN WILSONI’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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 like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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 always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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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 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 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 get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
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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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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 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 think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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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 play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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