The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
BRIAN WILSONI’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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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 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 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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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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I earned my famous name.
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I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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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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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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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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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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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