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.
BRIAN WILSONI meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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I earned my famous name.
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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 can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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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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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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If there’s not love present, it’s much, much harder to function. When there’s love present, it’s easier to deal with life.
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You say how you feel, and songs don’t lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is–there’s nothing that lies about a song.
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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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there’s a lot to be said for that way of thinking.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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