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'The Warmth of the Sun' was a very beautiful song that Brian and I wrote in the time period associated with President Kennedy's assassination. We didn't write words about that, but it was around that time we recorded that song, and there's a lot of emotion involved there.

- Mike Love

Very, About, Assassination, Warmth

The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.

- Mike Love

Chance, Tell, About, Great Thing

I meditate every day, which is profoundly restful and restorative. It wipes out a lot of the fatigue. That's my secret weapon.

- Mike Love

Every Day, Which, Profoundly, Restful

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

- Mike Love

Year, I Think, Very, Helps

In the spring of 1968, The Beatles and I were invited by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to travel to Riskikesh, India. Riskikesh has been an important spiritual place to many millions of people over the years. It is situated where the Ganges River flows out of the Himalayas, and to be in that atmosphere was something incredibly special.

- Mike Love

India, Been, Atmosphere, Yogi

One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'

- Mike Love

Think, The Most Important, Locally

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

- Mike Love

Generation, Singer, Touched, Ambassador

I think the Beach Boys' legacy is 'Fun, Fun, Fun,' you know? We're calling our next tour '50 Years of Fun, Fun, Fun.' By and large, the Beach Boys' legacy is about incredibly positivity. We've traveled around the world and uplifted the spirits of hundreds of millions of people. Our sound is one of the most recognizable in all of music.

- Mike Love

Legacy, Next, I Think, Traveled

I love playing the Hard Rocks; they've got a great stage, great lighting, great sound, and not so humongous; its more intimate, so we love playing theaters and clubs where the audience has a really good chance to see and hear the group and where the acoustics are good. I like it when we can hear what we're doing.

- Mike Love

Love, Doing, Sound, Theaters

We've had hassles, ups and downs, ins and outs, failures and triumphs. We're human beings, and we're not perfect. And we're mortal. But the Beach Boys is musically a tremendous body of work that transcends individuality and time and national boundaries.

- Mike Love

Perfect, Had, Triumphs, Ups

People say the Beatles were John Lennon. What is Paul McCartney? Chopped liver? But everyone has their own favourite members whose creativity they gravitate to. That's normal.

- Mike Love

Normal, Liver, Gravitate, Lennon

There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.

- Mike Love

Process, Hasten, Establish, Peace Process

I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force.

- Mike Love

Think, I Think, Became, Economic

People meditate themselves because they are just trying to feel better, and transcendental meditation is a natural mental technique that you can perform and that provides that relaxation and also a little bit of broader perspective.

- Mike Love

Natural, Relaxation, Perform, Broader

The Beach Boys already had about four or five albums under our belt when these newcomers, The Beatles, took the U.S. by storm in early 1964.

- Mike Love

Storm, Took, Albums, Newcomers

The original Beach Boys are Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Alan Jardine.

- Mike Love

Love, Original, Mike, Alan

You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.

- Mike Love

Great, Your, Catalog, Fan Base

I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

- Mike Love

Love, I Love, His, Brian

I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

- Mike Love

Love, I Love, His, Brian

Writing songs with Brian and performing them with Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and many other brilliant musicians over the years is my legacy, and something of which I am very proud and protective.

- Mike Love

Legacy, Other, Very, Brian

What we look for when we need to find someone who can fit in with our music, the vocals and the harmonies and the way they blend are very important to us because if you listen to Beach Boys music, the harmonies, not only are the notes being sung, but there's a blend to it. The voices have to blend.

- Mike Love

Blend, Notes, Very, Vocals

I've got different things going on - part spiritualist, part humanitarian, part brat.

- Mike Love

Going, Part, Things, Different Things

I wrote all the lyrics on 'Good Vibrations' and most of them in 'Kokomo.' 'Kokomo' was extremely popular and fun to sing - it's probably one of the bigger sing-along songs in our show. But then 'Help Me Rhonda,' 'Surfin' USA' and 'California Girls' and 'I Get Around' and 'Fun, Fun, Fun' are great songs as well.

- Mike Love

Good, Show, USA, Lyrics

Ever since our Surfin' Safari' began in the early 1960's, the relations'hip with The Beach Boys and water has been synonymous. 'Surfin', 'Catch a Wave', and 'Surfin' USA' are songs which capture the feelings of being out in the water without a care in the world, living a dream so many long to live no matter where they are from.

- Mike Love

Matter, Been, USA, Feelings

The name 'The Beach Boys' is controlled by Brother Records Inc., which was founded by the original members of the Beach Boys and whose sole shareholders voted over a decade ago to grant me an exclusive license to tour as 'The Beach Boys.' With it, I've felt a great responsibility to uphold, honor and further our legacy.

- Mike Love

Legacy, Decade, Records, Grant

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

- Mike Love

Will, Some, Learned, Vilify

I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.

- Mike Love

Sound, Need, Melodies, Songwriter

If you ask any couple who have been married 50 years or longer, they will tell you they've experienced it all. The same is true of the Beach Boys.

- Mike Love

Will, Been, Couple, Experienced

By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.

- Mike Love

Thinking, Beyond, Had, Beach Boys

If Frank and The Beach Boys got together and did a Super Session album, it would be a gas.

- Mike Love

Album, Frank, Session, Beach Boys

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