I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
BRIAN WILSONYou don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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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Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
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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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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’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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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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 earned my famous name.
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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 listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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