I believe that music is God’s voice.
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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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’d earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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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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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 listen to oldies but goodies stations, ’60s and ’70s music.
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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 was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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 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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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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I’m happy; I’m a happy person.
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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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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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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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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 hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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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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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 earned my famous name.
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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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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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