Brian Wilson Quotes
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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 you should ever leave me Though life would still go on, believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would livin' do me God only knows what I'd be without you…
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Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.
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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 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.
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Being called a musical genius was a cross to bear. Genius is a big word. But if you have to live up to something, you might as well live up to that.
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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 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.
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My cousin came over to my house one day just to fool around and we said - he said, some day we should start a rock n' roll group. We could all get together. And I said, I know I guy named Al Jardine who plays bass and could probably sing good. You know. So we went from there.
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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.
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The sound was essentially background sound, myself, and Carl, Dennis and Al Jardine, Mike was our lead singer. The four of us put our voices together. We had done it really beautifully. We had a beautiful blend. We really did.
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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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If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.
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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.
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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 think because I felt so sad I had to bring out my feelings, and try to create music that would make me and all my friends feel better.
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I went through a lot of changes in the years from when I first started out.
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I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.
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I earned my famous name.
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I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?
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I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
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I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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.