Beach boys Quotes

Crank up the Beach Boys, Baby.

— Randy Newman

Of course The Beach Boys will be camp.

— Bruce Johnston

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

— Mike Love

I was a beach boy, and I believe I learned my songs from the birds of the Brazilian forest.

— Antonio Carlos Jobim

They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette.

— Leif Garrett

There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too.

— Mike Love

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

— Bruce Johnston

There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love

— Dennis Wilson

Sometimes I listen to '60s or oldies stations to see if they're going to play a Beach Boys song.

— Mike Love

I'm a fan of all these genres of music, everything from Mumford & Sons to Beach Boys to doo-wop music to reggae.

— B.o.B

Barry White, Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield are big influences for me. But I'm also a metal head. I was in a…

— Mayer Hawthorne

If there wasn't The Beach Boys and there wasn't music, I wouldn't even talk to them. But through the music I fell…

— Dennis Wilson

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

— Mike Love

I like The Four Freshmen, anything with good harmonies, some Beach Boys. I like the girl groups as well, like The Dixie…

— Alex Turner

'I Get Around' came on one day. I'd never heard the Beach Boys before. The sound was so fresh to me. That…

— Mark Foster

We loved the Beach Boys, bands like that, but our originality came out of our lack of ability as copiers. They did…

— Russell Mael

I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we…

— Zooey Deschanel

The writer loves the fog as it pours in; he loves the sun when the fog pours out. The rest of California…

— Eric Maisel

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.…

— Mike Love

What we look for when we need to find someone who can fit in with our music, the vocals and the harmonies…

— Mike Love

I think I got turned onto The Beach Boys for the first time with the 'Endless Summer' album in 1974. The power…

— John Stamos

If you saw my musical collection it's absolutely horrendous, I've got everything from Stockhausen to The Beach Boys to Gina G, all…

— Thighpaulsandra

When I started reaching teenage years, I listened to everything that was on the radio like everyone else did, which was Chuck…

— Ronnie Montrose

In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring…

— Sarah Vowell

Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the…

— Roy Wood

I can tell you the day The Beach Boys will no longer exist - never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs.

— Dennis Wilson

The Beach Boys was a family hobby that we turned into a profession. We're very blessed.

— Mike Love

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

If you don't like The Ramones, you don't like rock 'n'roll. They're like The Beach Boys without the sea.

— John Cooper Clarke

I love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan.

— Bruno Mars

If you drop a phonograph needle on Brasky's nipple, it plays the Beach Boys Pet Sounds.

— Bill Brasky

Well, I went to school with Jan and Dean, Ryan O'Neal, some of the Beach Boys we all use to party together.

— Tommy Rettig

I remember being turned on to The Beach Boys, hearing 'Surfin' U.S.A.,' I guess, in 1960. But The Beatles really did it…

— Joey Ramone

[in the sleeve notes for The Beach Boys 1964 album, "All Summer Long"] They say I live a fast life. Maybe I…

— Dennis Wilson

I do get credit for having a California sound to my music, but I don't think people really know what that means…

— Ariel Pink

I noticed that on the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' record they could get away with racy lyrics like that because of how…

— Eric Carmen

I was a Beach Boys guy, but I was won over. In '64, as the radio stations were creating this duel between…

— Ron Howard

Now hold on, this is innocent blood, all the beach boys look like sharks. Because without you nothing ever mattered, I scream…

— Pierce The Veil

If it is a good song, it is a good song. The Beatles were pop, the beach boys were pop and it's…

— William Fitzsimmons