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.
BRIAN WILSONYou’re called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 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’ve never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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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 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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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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You don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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I like the piano – I’m always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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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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 wake up in the morning and I say ‘Ahh! Today’s the day for a song! I’m going to write a song today!’ And I do. I write a song.
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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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