I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
BRIAN WILSONI like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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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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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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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 think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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Any article’s good. Long as it’s publicity, I think that’s all that matters. I think it’s advancement for my career.
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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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