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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 always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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I'm happy; I'm a happy person.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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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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If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.
Brian Wilson
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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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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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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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I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?
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I earned my famous name.
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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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There's nothing greater than a girl.... Well a kid, your daughter, but that's a girl too.
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I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.
Brian Wilson