Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment.
I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?
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.
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.
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.
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.
You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
I said Revolver is my favorite The Beatles album, but only because it came to my head and it's a brilliant one. But they're all pretty brilliant. There's variations, but they're all brilliant, and it just depends on if they're very brilliant, or just a bit brilliant. It changes.
I want people to have the practical tools and resources they need to lead high quality, authentic lives.
The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common denominator is low intelligence and high emotionality.
Everything we care about lies somewhere in the middle, where pattern and randomness interlace.