"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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"People are part of my music. A lot of my songs are the result of emotional experiences, sadness, pain, joy, and exultation in nature and sunshine and so on...like 'California Girls' which was a hymn to youth."
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"Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is."
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"I sit and I write automatically. I don't really try to write. My subconscious mind takes over and writes the songs for me. Songs come very easily for me. When I'm inspired, it takes me 20 minutes to write a song."
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"I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips."
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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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"J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the world. He was so advanced for his time. There's a spiritual depth to his music. You can listen to it and it's like meditation."
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"Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record."
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"I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money."
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"I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that."
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"You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part."
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"All of the artists did such a beautiful job I can’t thank them enough. I’m just honored that 'God Only Knows' was chosen. 'God Only Knows' is a very special song. An extremely spiritual song and one of the best I’ve ever written."
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"I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands."
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"So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long."
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"I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up."
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"Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it."
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"Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career."
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"I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records."
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"Freedom and Liberty cannot exist without Individual Responsibilty. Failure to exercise Individual Responsibilty forfeits your right to self-governance and delivers it to Government which, through force, will set the parameters of your life."
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"I earned my famous name."
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