Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 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 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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I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.
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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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A voice or a song can be so comforting to someone who really needs it.
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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 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 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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Dennis surfed. I couldn't surf. I never learned how.
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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.
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You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
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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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I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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'm happy; I'm a happy person.
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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.