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

Brian Wilson

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Brian Wilson
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 20
Actor
Bass Guitarist
Composer
Music Arranger
Musician
Pianist
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Inglewood
California
Brian Douglas Wilson
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I'm happy I'm a happy person.
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If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.
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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.
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I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell.
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Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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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.
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I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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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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The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
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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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