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Brian Wilson Biography

Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded 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. In addition to his lifelong struggles with mental illness, Wilson is known for his unorthodox approaches to pop composition and mastery of recording techniques, and he is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the late 20th century.

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The only reason I'd ever get a sex change operation is to see what it's like to be right all the time.

Funny Women, Reason, Right, See, Sex

Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.

Beach, Craze, Dead, Kids, Summer

You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road. The roots are deep inside us, it's the rhythm in our soul.

Roots, Soul, Chuck, Paved, Buddy

I earned my famous name.

Earned, Famous, Name, Names

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

Genius, Guy, Hard Work

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.

Crusader, Spread, Trying, World

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.

Funny, Gives, Giving, Ideas, Meditating, Thinking

I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.

Feelings, Guide, Hands, Instinct

I'm doing good. I've had a slight nervous breakdown in the '60s. I got through that. And I got through the '70s. And I was in a doctor's program during the '80s and then I met Melinda and we've been together ever since. I've got a happy life.

Doctors, Happy, Happy Life, Life, Slight, Together

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.

Morning, Say, Song, Today, Writing

You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song.

Expression, Honest, Lie, Lying, Nothing, Song

I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.

Dollars, Earned, Enough, Time, Vote

I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.

70S, Goodies, Listen, Oldies, Stations

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.

Automatically, Mind, Sit, Song, Write, Writing

Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rhapsody in Blue' - not influenced, but inspired.

Blue, Gershwin, Influenced, Lucky, Rhapsody, Sun

I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John.

1967, 1985, Mets, Nightclub, Ringo, Saws

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

Financially, Lucky, Secure, Whole Life

If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.

Collaborator, Song, Trying, Write, Writing

I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.

Make, Making Money, Notes, Simply, Thinking, Written

You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.

Become, Genius, People, Whole Life

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