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

- Brian Wilson

Disneyland, Means, Having, Times

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.

- Brian Wilson

Play, Richard, Chuck Berry, Berry

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

Love, Best, Myself, Handle

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.

- Brian Wilson

Tell, Advanced, Bach, Depth

The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of thing. They were a part of the music business like everyone else. And they did quite well as a singing group, and I finished a lot of good records, and I'm very proud of them.

- Brian Wilson

Records, Been, Very, Spectrum

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

Been, Voices, Very, Now And Then

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, Very, Gershwin

My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at the piano.

- Brian Wilson

Play, Keyboard, Though, Self-Taught

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

- Brian Wilson

Old, Over, By The Time, Million Dollars

Don't get married until you're certain that you're marrying the right girl. How did I know my wife was the one? I'd seen her for a couple of months. I liked her. She was a very creative person and she had a very good grip on politics and business.

- Brian Wilson

Politics, Very, Couple, Get Married

I think I need the demons in order to write, but the demons have gone. It bothers me a lot. I've tried and tried, but I just can't seem to find a melody.

- Brian Wilson

Think, Need, I Think, Demons

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

Career, Think, I Think, Article

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

- Brian Wilson

Lucky, Been, Very, Financially

Pop music has been exhausted. The innocence has been exhausted. I think we've lost the ability to be blown away by music.

- Brian Wilson

Think, Been, I Think, Blown Away

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

Living, Stage Fright, Least, Fright

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.

- Brian Wilson

Voice, Think, I Think, Vocals

The keyboard is my whole life. My life is centered around either sitting at my keyboard or driving my car. Those are the two most important things, more than anything else. Being at my keyboard, it's the happiest time for me.

- Brian Wilson

My Life, Happiest, Centered, Sitting

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

Death, Think, Meant, Scared

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

Think, I Think, Which, Meditating

You know what? I'm not always in a positive, happy place. But I'm able to concentrate enough to come up with a really good song.

- Brian Wilson

Song, Always, Good Song, Concentrate

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

Think, Always, I Think, Feelings

I'm happy; I'm a happy person.

- Brian Wilson

Happy, Person, Happy Person

First of all, I want people to understand that I'm here to create for them. To create music for people so they'll know that I'm a source of love. And they can depend on my name.

- Brian Wilson

Love, Depend, Here, First Of All

It's like when a guy gets a divorce from his wife. You part ways. That's what I did with The Beach Boys.

- Brian Wilson

Wife, Like, Part, Beach Boys

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

- Brian Wilson

Other, Records, Like, Hearing

I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

- Brian Wilson

Mood, Talkative, Very, Retreating

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, Get Together, Going, Collaborator

Politics goes in one ear and out the other. I don't even know the president's name for sure. That's how stupid I am.

- Brian Wilson

Stupid, Politics, Other, President

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

- Brian Wilson

Genius, Guy, Just, Hard-Working

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

Love, Deal, Function, Harder

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