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 WILSONI was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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.
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I earned my famous name.
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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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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 have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I’ll have my feelings guide my hands.
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I’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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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Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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 listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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’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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