I’m just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood – but not very often.
BRIAN WILSONI’m just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood – but not very often.
BRIAN WILSONI meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.
BRIAN WILSONI 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.
BRIAN WILSONYou know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It’s the rhythm in our soul.
BRIAN WILSONI earned my famous name.
BRIAN WILSONGershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.
BRIAN WILSONEvery 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.
BRIAN WILSONI hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it’s embarrassing since I’ve grown up.
BRIAN WILSONSome people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
BRIAN WILSONI always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
BRIAN WILSONHumor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
BRIAN WILSONSummer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
BRIAN WILSONSurfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I’m finished with it.
BRIAN WILSONLove and mercy that’s what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
BRIAN WILSONYou don’t really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
BRIAN WILSONI 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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