I’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
BRIAN WILSONI 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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 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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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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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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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’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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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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 consider myself to be a crusader of love. I try to spread love around the world as best I can because I know I have a handle on love.
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I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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I believe that music is God’s voice.
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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