Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

To wear a floral shirt is an experience.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

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
Brian Wilson

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

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

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

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.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

I wake up in the morning and I say 'Ahh! Today's the day for a song! I'm going to write a song today!' And I do. I write a song.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

Don't get married until you're certain that you're marrying the right girl. How did I know my wife was the one? I'd seen her for a couple of months. I liked her. She was a very creative person and she had a very good grip on politics and business.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

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 diagnosed as a manic depressive.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

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

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

What in the world is a hangover cure?

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

I would listen to Little Richard and Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, and I would listen to how they played their riffs, and after I taught myself that, I taught myself to play my own kind of stuff.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

I earned my famous name.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

First of all, I want people to understand that I'm here to create for them. To create music for people so they'll know that I'm a source of love. And they can depend on my name.

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson

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