I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
BRIAN WILSONI play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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 think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio…well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.
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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 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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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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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 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 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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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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