Brian Wilson Quotes
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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.
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I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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.
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I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
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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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All of us have the privilege of making music that helps and heals - to make music that makes people happier, stronger and kinder. Don't forget: music is God's voice.
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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.
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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.
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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.
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Dennis surfed. I couldn't surf. I never learned how.
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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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I wanted to write joyful music that made other people feel good. That’s what I tried to do for the past 27 years.
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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.
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You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
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I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.
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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.
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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.
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A voice or a song can be so comforting to someone who really needs it.
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Did I suffer from depression? Yes, a little, from time to time. Yes. … I'm not as depressed as I was. I get depressed now and then but not very much anymore. … At the height of it it was just God-awful. It was really bad.
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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'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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You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the roadThe roots are deep inside usIt's the rhythm in our soul.
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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…