Bruce Johnston Quotes

I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow... you can't beat that.
Bruce Johnston

Bad, Might, Happening

Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do their first overdub before Terry even met them.
Bruce Johnston

Before, Working, Beach

Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group.
Bruce Johnston

Group, Road, Original

But, you know again, getting back to what a group like ours might represent - the cleanliness thing.
Bruce Johnston

Again, Getting, Group

Carl, Dennis and Brian are brothers, and Mike Love's a cousin.
Bruce Johnston

Love, Brothers, Cousin

Everybody can dig The Beatles, but why should everybody dig us?
Bruce Johnston

Why, Everybody, Beatles

For us... you know, we're not The Beatles.
Bruce Johnston

I mean it shouldn't hang you up emotionally if your record fails.
Bruce Johnston

Mean, Fails, Hang

I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it.
Bruce Johnston

Good, Behind, Brothers

I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group.
Bruce Johnston

Group, Original, Pop

I've been with the group since 1965. I will be beginning my fifth year on April ninth this year.
Bruce Johnston

Year, Group, Beginning

Of course The Beach Boys will be camp.
Bruce Johnston

Records... a record just shouldn't be that important.
Bruce Johnston

Important, Records

Sometimes one of us might be missing because we might be away or something, but there's always four or five.
Bruce Johnston

Sometimes, Away, Might

The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group.
Bruce Johnston

Big, Getting, Group

We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums.
Bruce Johnston

Business, Single, Attention

We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial.
Bruce Johnston

Try, Commercial, Besides

We're just kinda surviving at a very comfortable level.
Bruce Johnston

Level, Surviving, Kinda

We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously.
Bruce Johnston

Trying, Ourselves, Top

We've recorded over our voices once and double the harmonies, make them thick. The Four Freshmen do that.
Bruce Johnston

Once, Four, Voices

Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I have to just say that we're making our records.
Bruce Johnston

Important, Again, Making

You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group.
Bruce Johnston

Before, Group, Sang

You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker.
Bruce Johnston

You know, The Beach Boys' image is kinda like a group Doris Day, you know what I mean?
Bruce Johnston

Mean, Group, Image

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Nationality: American

Born: June 24, 1944

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