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.
BRIAN WILSONSo 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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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’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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I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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 like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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 think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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 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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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s 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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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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