Brian Wilson
Related DAVE GROHL I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I ZENDAYA No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for ... KIP PARDUE I would listen to how they told the story, to what elements they used, to how it sounded, and that&#... ED BRADLEY DARIUS OGDEN MILLS STEVE WINWOOD I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music. DAN HAWKINS My influences were Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry. MICKY DOLENZ I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it wa... IMELDA MAY FETTY WAP JULES SHEAR BUCK OWENS John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play t... JUDY JOHNSON ADRIAN BELEW I basically taught myself how to DJ, but I've been inspired by DJs throughout my whole career. I... PAULY D I usually just leave because they usually play rock and stuff, ... I don't really listen to that st... ANTHONY JACKSON I usually just leave because they usually play rock and stuff, ... I don't really listen to that stu... ANTHONY JACKSON BRYSON TILLER Rock and roll came into my life when I was about 12, 13, when Little Richard and Chuck Berry had jus... JOE COCKER I used to listen to so many song bands that were all straight people, and my thinking on it was, ... LIV BRUCE In those days, everyone had a piano in their living room. I taught myself how to play by ear. No for... ANTON LAVEY Growing up, I never listened to English music. I was more into Motown, as well as early rock n' ... ALEX WINSTON B. B. KING MARY J. BLIGE NANCY LOPEZ My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her... AMY JOHNSON My mom taught me to go after my dreams. I have this faith in myself that I must have gotten from her... AMY JO JOHNSON Charles Barkley taught me a lot when I played against him. How he would use his body or use his drib... TIM DUNCAN That's how I taught myself how to draw - tracing the ads and petting new clothes on the models. STEPHEN SPROUSE IYANLA VANZANT My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taugh... BILLY CASPER JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL THOMAS GIBSON ZENDAYA STEVEN SPIELBERG EDDIE VAN HALEN MIKE LOVE I picked up a harmonica and taught myself. SAM BARRY He's got to listen a little bit more, that's about it. I think he played pretty good. He's got to li... DELCO ROWLEY Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the ... JOE COCKER MIKE LOVE I could see the crosses burning and I could hear all the words they would use, the N-word and the ha... CATHERINE JOHNSON Karl Malone used a lot of veteran stuff that I thought was cool. Charles Barkley taught me a lot whe... TIM DUNCAN BRITTANY HOWARD BONNIE RAITT PLATO TIGER WOODS JOE BIDEN My love of music comes from as long as I remember. I begged my mum to learn piano for a year when I ... NATALIA TENA LIL UZI VERT INA GARTEN I usually listen to what my friends try and then try it myself but nothing has stuck. CHRISTINA JOHNSON NANCY KERRIGAN XAVIER RUDD I empty myself out and fill myself with the character. I would play a devil worshipper, and I would ... NELSAN ELLIS ZAINAB SALBI ALLY CARTER I, like the whole market, thought they would go for unification. The market thinks they simply don't... CORNE VAN ZEIJL EL DEBARGE CRAIG GROESCHEL WILL FERRELL TEENA MARIE My love for American music and American movies is from an early age. I was 10 or 11 when I heard Fat... IAN MCLAGAN KURT VONNEGUT JR. I pretty much taught myself how to cook. My mother was a great cook, but she was a '50s cook. KAREN TEDESCO I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis... IAN MCLAGAN That would be special, knowing how long we've been together, how many different things he has taught... VINCE YOUNG I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ... GEORGIA O'KEEFFE EDWARD SNOWDEN I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of mys... UTADA HIKARU Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it. , TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS WHITNEY HOUSTON I am pretty much a person of my word and I told myself I would get myself out of this and I knew som... CELESTE ARNOLD ANNA AKHMATOVA On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I... EBERHARD WEBER I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, 'Would you like to play the violin or the piano?&... SIRENA HUANG BILL BRUFORD I told my mom I would graduate. I owe that much to her and myself. CARMELO ANTHONY MIKE MYERS JOAN SUTHERLAND IRVINE WELSH If it wasn't for coach Smith I don't think I would be where I am now. He taught me all about the gam... ANTONIO WEBB ANDY SERKIS I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted a... SONIA RYKIEL He taught me to believe in myself. He showed me how to balance my faith and my sexuality, and he mad... NORA SAKAVIC I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was fo... SUSANNA HOFFS I'm proud of what I did today. I played my own game, I played within myself and worked really hard o... ANDERS HANSEN HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW When I was in the streets, I was taught to defend myself. Me and Bo just come from different places. ANN WOLFE THEODORE ROETHKE QUENTIN TARANTINO SAM SMITH What would I have wanted to say if I had had the opportunity to see him one more time? I would like ... LISA J. SHULTZ For myself, it's out of my control. I can only play my best and see what happens. Obviously I want t... JOSE THEODORE I know what they'll bring out, and they know what I'm going to bring. If they play how I taught them... DAVID HEEB We're not trying to cheat them. I would hope that they would listen to our explanation and give us t... LARRY SIMMONS BRYSON TILLER My mom and dad played this music all the time when I was growing up, so to me songs by Jerry Lee and... CHRIS ISAAK
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Pop music has been exhausted. The innocence has been exhausted. I think we've lost the ability t... BRIAN WILSON I think I need the demons in order to write, but the demons have gone. It bothers me a lot. I've... BRIAN WILSON Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having... BRIAN WILSON The keyboard is my whole life. My life is centered around either sitting at my keyboard or driving m... BRIAN WILSON I have to tell you that J.S. Bach was easily the greatest musical innovator in the history of the wo... BRIAN WILSON The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of t... BRIAN WILSON It's like when a guy gets a divorce from his wife. You part ways. That's what I did with The... BRIAN WILSON I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a ... BRIAN WILSON I think cursing is a bunch of malarkey. BRIAN WILSON You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the road. The roots are deep inside us, it's the rhythm in ou... BRIAN WILSON To be a great producer, music has to be a big part of your soul. And when it comes to making music, ... BRIAN WILSON The eternal now, right? BRIAN WILSON Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you'll suck forever. BRIAN WILSON None of these kids have ever seen snow or been on a frozen pond, so everything is a first for them. ... BRIAN WILSON Timothy White was the best friend an artist could ever have. The music business lost a true giant wh... BRIAN WILSON We actually have more clear sunny days in mid-Oregon than they do in Southern Florida. BRIAN WILSON Kids will get home and nag their parents to death about getting a smoke detector, BRIAN WILSON I'm blessed with everything.A world to which a man can cling.So happy at times that I break out in t... BRIAN WILSON My mother used to tell me about vibrations. I didn't really understand too much of what that meant w... BRIAN WILSON Don't get married until you're certain that you're marrying the right girl. How did I kn... BRIAN WILSON Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can't understand what they ar... BRIAN WILSON Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rha... BRIAN WILSON You know what? I'm not always in a positive, happy place. But I'm able to concentrate enough... BRIAN WILSON I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing hi... BRIAN WILSON intensely partisan Democratic district attorney. BRIAN WILSON My state of being has been elevated, because I've been exercising, writing songs. I'm in a better fr... BRIAN WILSON I get love from the audiences, I love that love they give me, you know the standing ovations. Makes ... BRIAN WILSON My skills are musical, not lyrical. BRIAN WILSON I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just th... BRIAN WILSON My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figure... BRIAN WILSON What in the world is a hangover cure? BRIAN WILSON it doesn't look like that is going to happen by anything we've heard thus far. BRIAN WILSON Megan is our new coach for the beginner program of the Piranhas, and she did a great job. This was o... BRIAN WILSON I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music. BRIAN WILSON I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not... BRIAN WILSON The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols. BRIAN WILSON My mother used to tell me about vibrations. I didn't really understand too much of what that mea... BRIAN WILSON About a year ago I had what I consider a very religious experience. I took LSD, a full dose of LSD, ... BRIAN WILSON I'm blessed with everything.BRIAN WILSON For me, making music has always been a very spiritual thing, and I think anybody who produces record... BRIAN WILSON You want to know my real pleasure? Food. I love chocolate. I can't get enough chocolate. I can&#... BRIAN WILSON If you're going to write a song, try to get together with a collaborator because it's better... BRIAN WILSON Darwin’s folly was barking up the wrong tree. BRIAN Charles Darwin, and the evulation of a lie, BRIAN A Nationalist is a defeated Republican. BRIAN AUGUST WILSON I'm a big cook and prefer to make meals at home when I can. I'm either cooking, or we're... CHANDRA WILSON RUSSELL WILSON AUGUST WILSON I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that. RAINN WILSON You're not going to go far unless you're a workaholic. SLOAN WILSON I've been focused on detecting nuclear terrorism at ports, in cargo containers, and I developed ... TAYLOR WILSON Everybody after Fukushima had to reassess the safety of nuclear. When I set out to design a reactor,... TAYLOR WILSON I started out with a dream to make a star in a jar in my garage, and I ended up meeting the Presiden... TAYLOR WILSON I have too many ideas for a lifetime. TAYLOR WILSON There's nothing that's impossible to me. You can ask my parents. TAYLOR WILSON When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what... TAYLOR WILSON I developed a counterterrorism device that's revolutionizing the way we detect nuclear materials... TAYLOR WILSON If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afrai... TAYLOR WILSON These days, the scientific community accepts me. But getting to that point was tremendously hard, an... TAYLOR WILSON I was about 10 when I got into nuclear science. That was when that spark hit me. It took a few years... TAYLOR WILSON When I hold something that's radioactive, it's kind of an indescribable feeling. It's ki... TAYLOR WILSON As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but ... TAYLOR WILSON My holy grail is fusion energy. Nuclear fusion has little to no radioactive waste. It's clean. I... TAYLOR WILSON I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, bec... TAYLOR WILSON I don't mean to offend anybody, but I think that we get a lot of scientists now who are bent int... TAYLOR WILSON I really have become convinced that nuclear fusion is our energy future. It's so powerful. I mea... TAYLOR WILSON I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overse... RAINN WILSON I have an eight-year-old child, and I literally can't wrap my mind around the kind of grief that... RAINN WILSON The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is t... RAINN WILSON I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it. RAINN WILSON I remember being unemployed and walking the East Village streets for many years, constantly checking... RAINN WILSON I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to... RAINN WILSON Pretty much anybody who's ever worked can relate to our show. RAINN WILSON I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded. RAINN WILSON I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read b... RAINN WILSON I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm hap... RAINN WILSON I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character ... RAINN WILSON And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to ... RAINN WILSON There's like ten minutes when it's like, 'Okay, wait, who is this guy again?' And th... RAINN WILSON Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then ju... RAINN WILSON I really wanted to do something positive on the Internet. I wanted to try to get young people talkin... RAINN WILSON Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why ... RAINN WILSON Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown. RAINN WILSON My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet. RAINN WILSON The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sac... RAINN WILSON Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy. RAINN WILSON There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model Unite... RAINN WILSON Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up. RAINN WILSON The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the wor... RAINN WILSON WOODROW WILSON WOODROW WILSON WOODROW WILSON WOODROW WILSON WOODROW WILSON WOODROW WILSON WOODROW WILSON WOODROW WILSON WOODROW WILSON If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar. HAROLD WILSON Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start. HAROLD WILSON I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep... HAROLD WILSON The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history. HAROLD WILSON The monarchy is a labor intensive industry. HAROLD WILSON This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing. HAROLD WILSON One man's wage increase is another man's price increase. HAROLD WILSON A week is a long time in politics. HAROLD WILSON Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power. HAROLD WILSON I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat. HAROLD WILSON We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution. HAROLD WILSON I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle. HAROLD WILSON EARL WILSON WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WILSON MIZNER WOODROW WILSON Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and rout... 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I taught myself how to play the guitar, I taught myself how to play the drums, and I kind of fake do... 
There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. N... 
I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my o... 
I got thrown out of music school for even listening to Fats Domino and Ray Charles. I was asked, ... 
I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve. 
I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty. 
I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the l... 
I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs. 
Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself... 
In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caug... 
I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself,... 
I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball. 
I gave myself permission to feel and experience all of my emotions. In order to do that, I had to st... 
The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - ... 
Summer I was 13, my grandfather and my father taught me how to play golf. I took lessons that summer... 
My parents taught me how to listen to everybody before I made up my own mind. When you listen, you l... 
I'm blessed with a good pair of ears. That's how I fooled my piano teacher. I'd watch hi... 
I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I a... 
I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority.... 
My favorite guitar players are Chuck Berry and Brian May and Dave Davies from the Kinks. 
Nobody taught me to play bottleneck. I just saw it and taught myself. I got an old bottle and steame... 
Even now I'm well aware that if I allowed myself to listen to him I couldn't resist but would have t... 
One of the things that my parents have taught me is never listen to other people's expectations. You... 
My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked ... 
I don't know who I can compare my style to because I listen to everybody from old to new. If I h... 
I've taught myself how to use good, fresh ingredients and to prepare them as simply as possible ... 
But after a few minutes of convincing myself that I really wanted to go - telling myself that I love... 
My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid.... 
In my 20s I was such a serious, boring-looking person. I would never do my nails. I never even dance... 
Listen to me." He grabbed my arms, holding me there. " I couldn't find you. And I will never forgive... 
God strengthened me and taught me who I am in Him. He taught me that not only do I need to have fait... 
I'm asking God to bless you with something that unsettles you, disturbs you, and upsets you. 
Oftentimes, even as a little kid, I would get up before anyone else. My brother would still be sleep... 
I would walk down the hall with my guitar and play for anyone that would listen. As a young kid I wa... 
I froze. It was not guilt that froze me. I had taught myself never to feel guilt. It was not a ghast... 
If they had taught a class on how to be the kind of citizen Dick Cheney worries about, I would have ... 
Being around people like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack, all th... 
If you were music, I would listen to you ceaselessly, and my low spirits would brighten up. 
I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewar... 
I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. I'm not ... 
I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer hers... 
I make out a play list for every character and buy the records they would listen to; it helps me fin... 
I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characte... 
Listen to that song, and learn it!
Half my kingdom would I give,
As I live,
If by such s... 
I came to love, I came into my own. 
I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make o... 
It was only when I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen. 
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your... 
I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, an... 
I write for myself, and my goal is bringing that world and that experience of black Americans to lif... 
It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true. 
If you want to make enemies, try to change something. 
America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to disco... 
One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills. 
I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile. 
The first hundred years are the hardest. 
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it. 
We are set to make very bad history. 
If I had a nickel for every time I said 'Why me?' I'd have probably said 'Why me?... 
There's no future in spending our present worrying about our past. 
I don't think I could ever go skinny. I just don't think, physiologically, that is going to ... 
If I'm not going to get a part, tell me why. 
You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music. 
I am an avid runner, mainly on weekends. 
I think all in all, one thing a lot of plays seem to be saying is that we need to, as black American... 
I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes... 
I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seem... 
If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And ... 