Brian Wilson

"I earned my famous name."

"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."

"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."

"My mother used to tell me about vibrations. I didn't really understand too much of what that meant when I was just a boy. To think that invisible feelings, invisible vibrations existed scared me to death."

"Politics goes in one ear and out the other. I don't even know the president's name for sure. That's how stupid I am."

"Pop music has been exhausted. The innocence has been exhausted. I think we've lost the ability to be blown away by music."

"The keyboard is my whole life. My life is centered around either sitting at my keyboard or driving my car. Those are the two most important things, more than anything else. Being at my keyboard, it's the happiest time for me."

"To wear a floral shirt is an experience."

"You know what? I'm not always in a positive, happy place. But I'm able to concentrate enough to come up with a really good song."