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51 quotes by Brian Wilson

Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known for being the multi-tasking leader and co-founder of The Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. Because of his unorthodox approaches to song composition and arrangement and mastery of recording techniques, he is widely acknowledged as one of...
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Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

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What in the world is a hangover cure?

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I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

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Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they are saying. It's a mental illness. I have been... →

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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

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I consider myself to be a crusader of love. I try to spread love around the world as best I can because I know I have a handle on love.

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Pop music has been exhausted. The innocence has been exhausted. I think we've lost the ability to be blown away by music.

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I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something.

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You know what? I'm not always in a positive, happy place. But I'm able to concentrate enough to come up with a really good song.

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You know, Rolling Stones songs all sound kind of the same.

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It's like when a guy gets a divorce from his wife. You part ways. That's what I did with The Beach Boys.

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I believe that writers run out of material, I really do. I believe very strongly in the fact that when the natural time is up, writers actually do... →

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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... →

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