Bruce Johnston

For us... you know, we're not The Beatles.

— Bruce Johnston

We're just kinda surviving at a very comfortable level.

— Bruce Johnston

I mean it shouldn't hang you up emotionally if your record fails.

— Bruce Johnston

Records... a record just shouldn't be that important.

— Bruce Johnston

Of course The Beach Boys will be camp.

— Bruce Johnston

We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously.

— Bruce Johnston

Everybody can dig The Beatles, but why should everybody dig us?

— Bruce Johnston

Carl, Dennis and Brian are brothers, and Mike Love's a cousin.

— Bruce Johnston

I've been with the group since 1965. I will be beginning my fifth year on April ninth this year.

— Bruce Johnston

I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it.

— Bruce Johnston

I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group.

— Bruce Johnston

Sometimes one of us might be missing because we might be away or something, but there's always four or five.

— Bruce Johnston

But, you know again, getting back to what a group like ours might represent - the cleanliness thing.

— Bruce Johnston

You know, The Beach Boys' image is kinda like a group Doris Day, you know what I mean?

— Bruce Johnston

You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker.

— Bruce Johnston

You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group.

— Bruce Johnston

Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but…

— Bruce Johnston

Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and…

— Bruce Johnston

I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on,…

— Bruce Johnston

The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big…

— Bruce Johnston

We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record…

— Bruce Johnston

We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial.

— Bruce Johnston

We've recorded over our voices once and double the harmonies, make them thick. The Four Freshmen do that.

— Bruce Johnston

Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group.

— Bruce Johnston