Brian Wilson Quotes
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 went through a lot of changes in the years from when I first started out.
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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'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 still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
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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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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.