Quotes by Mike Love

About Mike Love:

Michael Edward "Mike" Love is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and activist who is a member and co-founder of the Beach Boys. For most of the Beach Boys' career, Love has been one of the band's lyricists, contributing to each of their studio albums.
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I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attit...

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You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.

Mike Love

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

Mike Love

We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good, you've got The Beatles, The Beach Boys, all of Motown, and plenty of other people, too... amazing records, amazing songs.

Mike Love

I've had an incredible life with a lot of triumphs, my share of heartbreak, and some pretty amazing experiences.

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I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

Mike Love

Without meditation, I'd probably be dead.

Mike Love

Mankind invents things to fight about.

Mike Love

If you ask any couple who have been married 50 years or longer, they will tell you they've experienced it all. The same is true of the Beach Boys.

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I've got different things going on - part spiritualist, part humanitarian, part brat.

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 storm in early 1964.

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By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.

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Ever since our Surfin' Safari' began in the early 1960's, the relations'hip with The Beach Boys and water has been synonymous. 'Surfin', 'Catch a Wave', and 'Surfin' USA' are songs which capture the feelings of being out in the water without a care i...

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During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.

Mike Love

If Frank and The Beach Boys got together and did a Super Session album, it would be a gas.

Mike Love

The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You're inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound you hear in your head to come out of those speakers.

Mike Love

I actually have heard of acts who only do their new album, and don't do their hits. I've never been in that mind set.

Mike Love

People say the Beatles were John Lennon. What is Paul McCartney? Chopped liver? But everyone has their own favourite members whose creativity they gravitate to. That's normal.

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People meditate themselves because they are just trying to feel better, and transcendental meditation is a natural mental technique that you can perform and that provides that relaxation and also a little bit of broader perspective.

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You have to be careful not to get overexposed.

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Author Bio

  • NameMike Love
  • DescriptionAmerican singer, songwriter, member of the Beach Boys
  • BornMarch 15, 1941
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter; Composer; Singer; Musician