Brian Wilson Quotes - Page 2

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• I'm doing good. I've had a slight nervous breakdown in the '60s. I got through that. And I got through the '70s. And I was in a doctor's program during the '80s and then I met Melinda and we've been together ever since. I've got a happy life.

  Brian Wilson

  Happy Life, Doctors, Together

  "Larry King Live" Interview, August 20, 2004.

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• I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

  Brian Wilson

  Done, Four, Hell

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• You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.

  Brian Wilson

  Believe, Government, Liberty

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Song, Writing, Mind

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• I earned my famous name.

  Brian Wilson

  Names

  "Portrait of the artist: Brian Wilson, musician". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2011.

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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

  Thinking, Ideas, Giving

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• Chuck Norris has been known to throw a baseball 100 mph. I've been known to throw Chuck Norris 100 mph.

  Brian Wilson

  Baseball, Mph, Chuck

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Beautiful, Spiritual, Song

  "'God Only Knows' Reworking With Lorde, Elton John & 25 Other Artists Debuts From BBC" by Ryan Kristobak, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 7, 2014.

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• You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.

  Brian Wilson

  People, Genius, Whole Life

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• You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road
  The roots are deep inside us
  It's the rhythm in our soul.

  Brian Wilson

  Roots, Soul, Chuck

  "Song: 'The Spirit of Rock'n'Roll'". 1991.

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• I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.

  Brian Wilson

  Lucky, Whole Life, Secure

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• I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.

  Brian Wilson

  Thinking, Cursing, Bunch

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• I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.

  Brian Wilson

  Voice, People, Records

  "Grin and bear it" by Sylvie Simmons, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2004.

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• I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.

  Brian Wilson

  Dollars, Vote, Enough

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

  Brian Wilson

  Idols, Rolling, Stones

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Saws, Mets, Ringo

  "A Pop Genius Speaks of Love, Mercy, and Melody". Barnes & Noble.com Interview, November 6, 2001.

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• I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.

  Brian Wilson

  Play, Piano, Piano Playing

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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

  Song, Writing, Trying

  "Smile : An Interview With Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Plus Chatting With Andy Warhol Siren Ultra Violet and Boyz II Men Exclusive Clips". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2011.

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• I like the piano - I'm always about 15 feet away from a piano.

  Brian Wilson

  Piano, Feet

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Thinking, Careers, Long

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Blue, Lucky, Sun

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• There's nothing greater than a girl.... Well a kid, your daughter, but that's a girl too.

  Brian Wilson

  Girl, Daughter, Kids

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• Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.

  Brian Wilson

  Summer, Beach, Kids

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• I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up.

  Brian Wilson

  Hate, I Hate, Embarrassing

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Mean, Past, Long

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