I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money. — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands. — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it. — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I think I need the demons in order to write, but the demons have gone. It bothers me a lot. I've tried… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
Probably not much of a song left in me, you know, if any, because I've written so many, some 250 songs or… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
First of all, I want people to understand that I'm here to create for them. To create music for people so they'll… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is. — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
You know what? I'm not always in a positive, happy place. But I'm able to concentrate enough to come up with a… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
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… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of thing. They were… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There's… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I have to tell you that J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
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,… — Brian Wilson Copy Share
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… — Brian Wilson Copy Share
You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part. — Brian Wilson Copy Share
I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John. — Brian Wilson Copy Share
All of the artists did such a beautiful job I can’t thank them enough. I’m just honored that 'God Only Knows' was chosen. 'God… — Brian Wilson Copy Share
I would listen to Little Richard and Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, and I would listen to how they played their riffs, and after… — Brian Wilson Copy Share
You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about… — Brian Wilson Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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,… — Brian Wilson Copy Share
I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often. — Brian Wilson Copy Share
