There's kids who need homes. There's people who want to give it to them and they're turning them away, if they were to turn around and deny our right to foster a child because we had a Bible or Koran, they'd be screaming from the heavens, 'How dare somebody infringe upon somebody's First Amendment rights?'.

Brian Wilson

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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

emotional feelings thinking

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

Brian Wilson

intuition feelings believe

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.

Brian Wilson

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Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.

Brian Wilson

sex people thinking

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

Brian Wilson

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The idea of taking a song, envisioning the overall sound in my head and then bringing the arrangement to life in the studio...well, that gives me satisfaction like nothing else.

Brian Wilson

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If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life.

Brian Wilson

function deals easier

I believe that music is God's voice.

Brian Wilson

i-believe voice believe

I approach my music-making as an art-form--something pure from the spirit to which I can add dynamics and marketable reality. Music is genuine and healthy and the stimulation I get from molding it and adding dynamics is like nothing else on earth.

Brian Wilson

healthy reality art

Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.

Brian Wilson

summer fun beach

I have auditory hallucinations, I hear voices saying derogatory things, like I'm terrible and I'm going to die, and they're usually worse in the afternoon.

Brian Wilson

afternoon hallucinations voice

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

mental-illness now-and-then voice

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

Brian Wilson

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.

Brian Wilson

spread trying world

Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.

Brian Wilson

vibrations helping

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.

Brian Wilson

writing song morning

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

Brian Wilson

making-money notes thinking

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

Brian Wilson

instinct feelings hands

Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.

Brian Wilson

tonight love needs

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.

Brian Wilson

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