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Famous Brian Wilson Quotes
“Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.”
“I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up.”
“You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.”
“There's nothing greater than a girl.... Well a kid, your daughter, but that's a girl too.”
“I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.”
“Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.”
“I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.”
“Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.”
“I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.”
“I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?”
“I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.”
“I like the piano - I'm always about 15 feet away from a piano.”
“I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.”
“I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.”
“I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.”
“I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.”
“I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.”
“I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.”
Source: Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece