Brian Wilson Quotes

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Emotional, Thinking, Feelings

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Song, Lying, Expression

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• I believe that music is God's voice.

  Brian Wilson

  Believe, Voice, I Believe

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• I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

  Brian Wilson

  Believe, Feelings, Intuition

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Easier, Function, Deals

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

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Sex, Funny Women, Reason

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• Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.

  Brian Wilson

  Vibrations, Helping

  "Backtalk with Brian Wilson" by H. Andrew Schwartz, OffBeat, 2005.

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• Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.

  Brian Wilson

  Sex, Thinking, People

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• I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

  Brian Wilson

  Hard Work, Guy, Genius

  Domenic Priore, Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks (2005). “Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece”, p.73, Omnibus Press

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Art, Reality, Healthy

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• Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

  Brian Wilson

  Summer, Beach, Fun

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Song, Writing, Exercise

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

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Voice, Afternoon, Hallucinations

  "This much I know". Interview with John Hind, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2008.

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• I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

  Brian Wilson

  Thinking, Making Money, Notes

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Trying, World, Spread

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Song, Morning, Writing

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• Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive.

  Brian Wilson

  Voice, Mental Illness, Now And Then

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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.

  Brian Wilson

  Spiritual, Meditation, Musical

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• Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.

  Brian Wilson

  Love, Needs, Tonight

  Song: Love And Mercy, Album: Brian Wilson, 1988

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• People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth.

  Brian Wilson

  Girl, Song, Pain

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• Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.

  Brian Wilson

  Being Single, Records

  Said at the Tonight Show, 1984.

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• I'm happy; I'm a happy person.

  Brian Wilson

  Happy Person, Persons

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• I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

  Brian Wilson

  Thinking, If There Is A God, Helping

  "Backtalk with Brian Wilson" by H. Andrew Schwartz, OffBeat, 2005.

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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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• 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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