The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
BRIAN WILSONI like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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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 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.
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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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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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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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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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 get off on hearing other people’s voices. I like voices: they’re my favourite things on records.
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I can write songs, I’ve had songs in movies, but I can’t compose film scores, you know?
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I play piano all the time. I’m always at my piano, playing 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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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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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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’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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