I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
BRIAN WILSONAll 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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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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’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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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You’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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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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Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can’t understand what they are saying. It’s a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.
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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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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 like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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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