I’m not a genius. I’m just a hard-working guy.
BRIAN WILSONI 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.
More Brian Wilson Quotes
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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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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There’s nothing greater than a girl…. Well a kid, your daughter, but that’s a girl too.
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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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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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Humor – it helps to make the vibe better – it loosens up the vibrations.
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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 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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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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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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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’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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