Brian Wilson Quotes
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Take all the time you need It's a lovely night If you decide to come You're gonna do it right.
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Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.
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Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.
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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.
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I believe that music is God's voice.
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Spirituality amounts to love with me. I consider it the same as love. And my band members are full of love.
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We wanted to bring some love to the world. I thought we were good at doing that. Bringin' love to the world.
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It's funny how people are pickin' up on our music now, you know? I think it's wonderful that people like our music.
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I like the piano - I'm always about 15 feet away from a piano.
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Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
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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.
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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Drive for a couple miles You'll see a sign and turn left For a couple blocks Next is mine, you'll turn left on a little road It's a bumpy one.
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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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When people hear music that is spiritual it gets through. Music that is Godlike and loving gets through. I don’t have any power in this world, but I have spiritual power. I think God gave me my music and my talent. I’m trying to get across a feeling of spirituality; I think I have a spiritual influence on people.
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I would have the musicians keep playing over and over again till the sound made sense. I worked overtime on that; I worked hours to get it right. If the sound didn't make any sense, then I wouldn't know what to do - I'd be lost! It's instinct that tells me. I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.
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I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up.
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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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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 may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it God only knows what I'd be without you…
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Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.