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.
BRIAN WILSONGershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It’s the rhythm in our soul.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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I 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.
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
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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 earned my famous name.
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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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