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You want to know my real plea...

You want to know my real pleasure? Food. I love chocolate. I can't get enough chocolate. I can't help it. But my biggest pleasure of all is exercise. I really get off on exercise.

Brian Wilson 64 quotes

I can write songs, I've had s...

I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?

Brian Wilson 64 quotes

I think I'm a vocal genius, n...

I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer. A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound.

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My mother used to tell me abo...

My mother used to tell me about vibrations. I didn't really understand too much of what that meant when I was just a boy. To think that invisible feelings, invisible vibrations existed scared me to death.

Brian Wilson 64 quotes

I think in terms of emotions....

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.

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Every now and then I hear voi...

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.

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I have to tell you that J.S. ...

I have to tell you that 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.

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Probably not much of a song l...

Probably not much of a song left in me, you know, if any, because I've written so many, some 250 songs or 300 or whatever it is.

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I earned my famous name. ...

I earned my famous name.

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There's no outdoing The Beatl...

There's no outdoing The Beatles.

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I would listen to Little Rich...

I would listen to Little Richard and Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, and I would listen to how they played their riffs, and after I taught myself that, I taught myself to play my own kind of stuff.

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Love and mercy that's what yo...

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

Brian Wilson 64 quotes

I have auditory hallucination...

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.

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The idea of taking a song, en...

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.

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People are part of my music. ...

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.

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Being single is like liking a...

Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.

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Freedom and Liberty cannot ex...

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.

Brian Wilson 64 quotes

I approach my music-making as...

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.

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I sit and I write automatical...

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.

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I've never written one note o...

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

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