--- title: "5 Brian Quotes By Mike Love" description: "5 Brian quotes by Mike Love. Plus more from Mike Love and more Brian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/mike-love-9679_authority_i-did-not-fire-brian-wilson-from-the-bea_864120.jpg" --- > [I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-did-not-fire-brian-wilson-from-the-beach-boys-i-cannot-fire-brian/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/mike-love-9679_authority_i-did-not-fire-brian-wilson-from-the-bea_864120.jpg) > [I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-cannot-fire-brian-wilson-from-the-beach-boys-i-am-not-his-employer/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/mike-love-9679_am_i-cannot-fire-brian-wilson-from-the-beac_2297093.jpg) > [The original Beach Boys are Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Alan Jardine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/the-original-beach-boys-are-brian-dennis-and-carl-wilson-mike-love/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/mike-love-9679_alan_the-original-beach-boys-are-brian-dennis_2578024.png) > ['The Warmth of the Sun' was a very beautiful song that Brian and I wrote in the time period associated with President…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/the-warmth-of-the-sun-was-a-very-beautiful-song-that-brian-and-i/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/mike-love-9679_about_the-warmth-of-the-sun-was-a-very-beautif_2778237.png) > [Writing songs with Brian and performing them with Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and many other brilliant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/writing-songs-with-brian-and-performing-them-with-al-jardine-dennis/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/mike-love-9679_al_writing-songs-with-brian-and-performing_3203561.png) ## Other authors on Brian ## More by Mike Love > [I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-m-the-lead-singer-of-the-beach-boys-and-an-ambassador-of-this/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [Mankind invents things to fight about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/mankind-invents-things-to-fight-about/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [If Frank and The Beach Boys got together and did a Super Session album, it would be a gas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/if-frank-and-the-beach-boys-got-together-and-did-a-super-session/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [I never thought of myself as a really particularly great singer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-never-thought-of-myself-as-a-really-particularly-great-singer/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [There is so much to life; my heart breaks watching someone held captive by addiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/there-is-so-much-to-life-my-heart-breaks-watching-someone-held/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [I actually have heard of acts who only do their new album, and don't do their hits. I've never been in that mind set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-actually-have-heard-of-acts-who-only-do-their-new-album-and-don-t/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [Love is probably the most powerful force in the cosmos, capable of creating miracles. Love can manifest in so many ways - love between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/love-is-probably-the-most-powerful-force-in-the-cosmos-capable-of/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/we-ve-had-hassles-ups-and-downs-ins-and-outs-failures-and-triumphs-we/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/some-people-are-denizens-of-the-studio-i-m-more-of-a-denizen-of-the/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-m-a-songwriter-i-need-silence-to-hear-the-melodies-so-i-don-t-fill/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [I think my philosophy in music has been to accentuate the positive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-think-my-philosophy-in-music-has-been-to-accentuate-the-positive/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [I've got different things going on - part spiritualist, part humanitarian, part brat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-ve-got-different-things-going-on-part-spiritualist-part/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/during-meditation-your-metabolism-and-your-breath-rate-go-down-to-a/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You're inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/the-studio-part-to-me-can-be-pretty-laborious-you-re-inside-for-hours/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) > [I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-love/i-did-not-fire-brian-wilson-from-the-beach-boys-i-cannot-fire-brian/) [Mike Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-love/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brian/mike-love/#itemlist", "name": "5 Brian Quotes By Mike Love", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. 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