I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow... you can't beat that.
- Bruce Johnston
Bad, Dig, Cent, Groovy
We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums.
- Bruce Johnston
Business, Think, Albums, Attracts
I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group.
- Bruce Johnston
Think, Dig, I Think, Underrated
Of course The Beach Boys will be camp.
- Bruce Johnston
Beach, Will, Course, Camp
I've been with the group since 1965. I will be beginning my fifth year on April ninth this year.
- Bruce Johnston
Beginning, Will, Been, Ninth
Carl, Dennis and Brian are brothers, and Mike Love's a cousin.
- Bruce Johnston
Love, Brothers, Mike, Brian
The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group.
- Bruce Johnston
Big, Bigger, Dave, Brian
Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group.
- Bruce Johnston
Road, Original, Stayed, Brian
You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group.
- Bruce Johnston
Before, Sang, Joined, Campbell
Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do their first overdub before Terry even met them.
- Bruce Johnston
Records, Before, Joined, Terry
You know, The Beach Boys' image is kinda like a group Doris Day, you know what I mean?
- Bruce Johnston
Mean, Like, Image, Group
But, you know again, getting back to what a group like ours might represent - the cleanliness thing.
- Bruce Johnston
Like, Getting, Ours, Represent
We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial.
- Bruce Johnston
Some, Interesting Things, Besides
We've recorded over our voices once and double the harmonies, make them thick. The Four Freshmen do that.
- Bruce Johnston
Double, Over, Voices, Harmonies
Sometimes one of us might be missing because we might be away or something, but there's always four or five.
- Bruce Johnston
Always, Away, Might, Missing
Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I have to just say that we're making our records.
- Bruce Johnston
Okay, Still, Which, Checks
You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker.
- Bruce Johnston
Two, Years, Wrote, Arrangements
I mean it shouldn't hang you up emotionally if your record fails.
- Bruce Johnston
Mean, Hang, Record, Emotionally
We're just kinda surviving at a very comfortable level.
- Bruce Johnston
Comfortable, Level, Very, Kinda
For us... you know, we're not The Beatles.
- Bruce Johnston
Know, You, Us, Beatles
Everybody can dig The Beatles, but why should everybody dig us?
- Bruce Johnston
Dig, Everybody, Should, Beatles
I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it.
- Bruce Johnston
Never, Behind, Brothers, Chambers
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