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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.
Brian Wilson
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
Brian Wilson
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If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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I believe that music is God's voice.
Brian Wilson
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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 Wilson
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I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is genuine and healthy and the stimulation I get from molding it and adding dynamics is like nothing else on earth.
Brian Wilson
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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
Brian Wilson
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I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.
Brian Wilson
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Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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I'm doing good. I've had a slight nervous breakdown in the '60s. I got through that. And I got through the '70s. And I was in a doctor's program during the '80s and then I met Melinda and we've been together ever since. I've got a happy life.
Brian Wilson
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Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
Brian Wilson
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I'm happy; I'm a happy person.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.
Brian Wilson
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J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There's a spiritual depth to his music. You can listen to it and it's like meditation.
Brian Wilson
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Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.
Brian Wilson
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I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
Brian Wilson
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I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
Brian Wilson
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I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
Brian Wilson
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I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?
Brian Wilson
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I earned my famous name.
Brian Wilson
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Freedom and Liberty cannot exist without Individual Responsibilty. Failure to exercise Individual Responsibilty forfeits your right to self-governance and delivers it to Government which, through force, will set the parameters of your life.
Brian Wilson
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I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.
Brian Wilson
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I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up.
Brian Wilson
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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.
Brian Wilson
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You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road
The roots are deep inside us
It's the rhythm in our soul.
Brian Wilson
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Chuck Norris has been known to throw a baseball 100 mph. I've been known to throw Chuck Norris 100 mph.
Brian Wilson
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You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
Brian Wilson
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I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.
Brian Wilson
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I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
Brian Wilson
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I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.
Brian Wilson
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I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
Brian Wilson
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I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John.
Brian Wilson
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I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
Brian Wilson
