You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It’s the rhythm in our soul.
BRIAN WILSONI 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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 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 think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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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’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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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.
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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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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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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 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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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