You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
BRIAN WILSONThe Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
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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’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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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 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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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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