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 genuine and healthy and the stimulation I get from molding it and adding dynamics is like nothing else… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer. A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound. — 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 Image
“Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you'll suck forever.” — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Image
You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part. — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 lies about… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
