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I earned my famous name.
I'm happy; I'm a happy person.
My skills are musical, not lyrical.
I believe that music is God's voice.
What in the world is a hangover cure?
I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey.
To wear a floral shirt is an experience.
I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.
Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.
You know, Rolling Stones songs all sound kind of the same.
I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.
I like the piano - I'm always about 15 feet away from a piano.
I still believe that something is right only when it feels right.
I play piano all the time. I'm always at my piano, playing music.
You don't really know what to believe until the Government denies it.
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.
I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
Humor - it helps to make the vibe better - it loosens up the vibrations.
You're called a genius by people, and then your whole life you become the part.
I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up.
I was very, very financially secure my whole life. I have been very lucky to say that.
I've never written one note or word of music simply because I think it will make money.
I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?
There's nothing greater than a girl.... Well a kid, your daughter, but that's a girl too.
I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.
Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.
I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.
The only reason I'd ever get a sex change operation is to see what it's like to be right all the time.
Some people might think that sex is the highest experience you can have. I tend to think that music is.
Chuck Norris has been known to throw a baseball 100 mph. I've been known to throw Chuck Norris 100 mph.
It's like when a guy gets a divorce from his wife. You part ways. That's what I did with The Beach Boys.
Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.
You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road The roots are deep inside us It's the rhythm in our soul.
I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.
I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.
I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John.
So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long.
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.
Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.
Pop music has been exhausted. The innocence has been exhausted. I think we've lost the ability to be blown away by music.
If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better to write with collaborators.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at the piano.
Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rhapsody in Blue' - not influenced, but inspired.