I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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 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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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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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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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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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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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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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I earned my famous name.
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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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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 like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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