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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 Wilson

I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
BRIAN WILSON

Curse Myself Thinking Word
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 WILSON

Artist Beautiful Best Job Myself Thinking Writing
I’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
BRIAN WILSON

Money Myself Note Simplicity Thinking Word Writing
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Ideas Meditation Myself Spiritual Thinking
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Deep Easy Greatness Innovation Listening Meditation Spiritual Time Yourself
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Experience Joy Music Myself Pain People Result Sadness Youth
I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
BRIAN WILSON

Enough Money Myself Old Time Vote
Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
BRIAN WILSON

Better Help Vibration
You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It’s the rhythm in our soul.
BRIAN WILSON

Ourselves Pave Rhythm Road Soul
I have auditory hallucinations, I hear voices saying derogatory things, like I’m terrible and I’m going to die, and they’re usually worse in the afternoon.
BRIAN WILSON

Auditory Death Dreams Myself Voice Worst
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Myself Past Success
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Head Ideas Myself Satisfaction Song Sound
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.
BRIAN WILSON

God Hard Myself Thinking Trip Wonder
I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing music.
BRIAN WILSON

Instrument Music Myself Piano Play
Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
BRIAN WILSON

Friendship Love Mercy Need Night Yourself
You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
BRIAN WILSON

Believe Government Yourself
I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
BRIAN WILSON

Feeling Guide Hands Music Myself
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
BRIAN WILSON

Idol Music Myself
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
BRIAN WILSON

Fun Goodness Happiness Summer Sunshine
I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
BRIAN WILSON

Embarrassment Growth Myself Old
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Clear Creativity Emotion Myself Term Thinking
Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
BRIAN WILSON

Children Craze Death Music Myself Summer
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Expression Feeling Honesty Lying Myself Song
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Day Morning Myself Wake Up Writing
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.
BRIAN WILSON

Depression Head Mental Myself Sick Understand Voice
There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
BRIAN WILSON

Daughter Girl Greatness Myself Woman
I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
BRIAN WILSON

Believe Feeling Myself Right

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.

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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.

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