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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.

Brian Wilson

People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on…like ‘California Girls’ which was a hymn to youth.
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Experience Joy Music Myself Pain People Result Sadness Youth
There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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Daughter Girl Greatness Myself Woman
I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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Movie Myself Song Writing Yourself
I have auditory hallucinations, I hear voices saying derogatory things, like I’m terrible and I’m going to die, and they’re usually worse in the afternoon.
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Auditory Death Dreams Myself Voice Worst
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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Concert Fright Hell Live Myself Stage
I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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Enough Money Myself Old Time Vote
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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Deep Easy Greatness Innovation Listening Meditation Spiritual Time Yourself
All of the artists did such a beautiful job I can’t thank them enough. I’m just honored that ‘God Only Knows’ was chosen. ‘God Only Knows’ is a very special song. An extremely spiritual song and one of the best I’ve ever written.
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Artist Beautiful Best Job Myself Thinking Writing
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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Concept Influence Inspirational Myself
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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Collaboration Myself Song Togetherness Writing
Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
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Experience Music Myself People Sex Thinking
So 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.
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Myself Past Success
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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Change Myself Operation Reason Right Sex Time
Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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Friendship Love Mercy Need Night Yourself
Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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Children Craze Death Music Myself Summer
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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Fun Goodness Happiness Summer Sunshine

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