“Everything that I am or will ever be is in the music. If you want to know me, just listen.” IfsKnowsWantKnow MeJust Listen Author:Dennis Wilson
“I can tell you the day The Beach Boys will no longer exist - never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs.” I CanBoysStageBeachWheelchairsBeach Boys Author:Dennis Wilson
“There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love” LoveBoysBeachBeing In LoveBeach Boys Author:Dennis Wilson
“If there wasn't The Beach Boys and there wasn't music, I wouldn't even talk to them. But through the music I fell in love with my brothers.” IfsBoysBrotherBeachMy BrotherBeach Boys Author:Dennis Wilson
“Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully appreciated in America and the potential of the group has been stifled.... If the Beatles had suffered this kind of misrepresentation, they would have never got past singing 'Please Please Me' and 'I WannaHold Your Hand' and leaping around in Beatle suits.” IfsKindHas BeensHandsAmericaPastAttitudeGroupsTalentHugePleaseSingingSuitsAppreciatedInitialsDinosaursBrianPlease MeMisrepresentation Author:Dennis Wilson
“The greatest success in life is to feel I’m something for someone; the feeling of falling in love, the newness of love.” FeelsFeelingsLife IsFallFalling In LoveSuccess In LifeNewnessGreatest Success Author:Dennis Wilson
“The past is what provides us with the building blocks. Our job today is to create new buildings out of them.” TodayJobsPastBuildingBlockBuilding Blocks Author:Theodore Zeldin
“The Renaissance… was based on a new idea of the importance of the individual. But this was a fragile foundation, because individuals depended on constant applause and admiration to sustain them. There is a shortage of applause in the world, and there is not enough respect to go around.” WorldIdeasEnoughIndividualImportanceFoundationConstantAdmirationFragileNew IdeasApplauseRenaissanceShortage Book:An Intimate History Of Humanity Source: An Intimate History Of Humanity
“The violent have been victorious for most of history because they kindled the fear with which everyone is born.” Has BeensBornViolent Author:Theodore Zeldin