Brian Wilson Quotes

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.

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

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.

The only reason I'd ever get a sex change operation is to see what it's like to be right all the time.

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.

I believe that music is God's voice.

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.

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.

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

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.

I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.

Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.

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.

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.

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.

Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.

I'm happy; I'm a happy person.

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.

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.

I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.

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.

You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.

I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.

I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?

I earned my famous name.

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.

I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.

Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.

Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.

I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up.

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.

You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It's the rhythm in our soul.

Chuck Norris has been known to throw a baseball 100 mph. I've been known to throw Chuck Norris 100 mph.

You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.

I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.

I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.

I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.

I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.

I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John.

I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.