Quotes by Brian Wilson

About Brian Wilson:

Brian Douglas Wilson 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 the most innovative and influential creative forces in popular music by critics and musicians alike.
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What in the world is a hangover cure?

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

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

Brian Wilson

I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.

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

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

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

I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.

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

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

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

Brian Wilson

Probably not much of a song left in me, you know, if any, because I've written so many, some 250 songs or 300 or whatever it is.

Brian Wilson

I'm happy; I'm a happy person.

Brian Wilson

I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.

Brian Wilson

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

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, but I just can't seem to find a melody.

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

I like the piano - I'm always about 15 feet away from a piano.

Brian Wilson

I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.

Brian Wilson

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

Brian Wilson

The audiences in the U.K. like me more than in America.

Brian Wilson

Author Bio

  • NameBrian Wilson
  • DescriptionAmerican musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
  • AliasesBrian Douglas Wilson
  • BornJune 20, 1942
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Composer; Songwriter
  • AwardsMusiCares Person Of The Year