Song Quotes by Mike Love

I think my philosophy in music has been to accentuate the positive.

— Mike Love

The original Beach Boys are Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Alan Jardine.

— Mike Love

I never thought of myself as a really particularly great singer.

— Mike Love

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

— Mike Love

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

— Mike Love

As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

— 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.…

— Mike Love

The music I have created, along with the other Beach Boys, has taken me all over the world. For these past 50…

— Mike Love

We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so…

— Mike Love

Keep a cool head and a warm heart. A mantra that became a song, inspired by the wise words of Maharishi Mahesh…

— Mike Love

People say the Beatles were John Lennon. What is Paul McCartney? Chopped liver? But everyone has their own favourite members whose creativity…

— Mike Love

Writing songs with Brian and performing them with Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and many other brilliant…

— Mike Love

The Beach Boys already had about four or five albums under our belt when these newcomers, The Beatles, took the U.S. by…

— Mike Love

Ever since our Surfin' Safari' began in the early 1960's, the relations'hip with The Beach Boys and water has been synonymous. 'Surfin',…

— Mike Love

I wrote all the lyrics on 'Good Vibrations' and most of them in 'Kokomo.' 'Kokomo' was extremely popular and fun to sing…

— Mike Love

I think the Beach Boys' legacy is 'Fun, Fun, Fun,' you know? We're calling our next tour '50 Years of Fun, Fun,…

— Mike Love

'The Warmth of the Sun' was a very beautiful song that Brian and I wrote in the time period associated with President…

— Mike Love

The name 'The Beach Boys' is controlled by Brother Records Inc., which was founded by the original members of the Beach Boys…

— Mike Love