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American - Musician Born: March 15, 1941

Keep a cool head and a warm heart.

Heart Cool Warm Head

We've had hassles, ups and downs, ins and outs, failures and triumphs. We're human beings, and we're not perfect. And we're mortal. But the Beach Boys is musically a tremendous body of work that transcends individuality and time and national boundaries.

Work Time Beach Not Perfect

One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'

Environmental Think Important Act

The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.

Life You People Great

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

Positive Attitude Me You

If we all take the time to listen and love each other, this world would be a better place.

Love Time World Better

I think the Beach Boys' legacy is 'Fun, Fun, Fun,' you know? We're calling our next tour '50 Years of Fun, Fun, Fun.' By and large, the Beach Boys' legacy is about incredibly positivity. We've traveled around the world and uplifted the spirits of hundreds of millions of people. Our sound is one of the most recognizable in all of music.

Music You Beach People

I learned that when you do the best job that you can do, some people will idolize you, others won't care, and some will vilify you.

Best You People Job

I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

Love Music I Am Fire

Ever since our Surfin' Safari' began in the early 1960's, the relations'hip with The Beach Boys and water has been synonymous. 'Surfin', 'Catch a Wave', and 'Surfin' USA' are songs which capture the feelings of being out in the water without a care in the world, living a dream so many long to live no matter where they are from.

Water Beach Long World

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Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

Love People Live Some People

I wrote all the lyrics on 'Good Vibrations' and most of them in 'Kokomo.' 'Kokomo' was extremely popular and fun to sing - it's probably one of the bigger sing-along songs in our show. But then 'Help Me Rhonda,' 'Surfin' USA' and 'California Girls' and 'I Get Around' and 'Fun, Fun, Fun' are great songs as well.

Good Me Great Fun

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

Me Stress Meditation Point

I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

Love Music I Am Fire

I love playing the Hard Rocks; they've got a great stage, great lighting, great sound, and not so humongous; its more intimate, so we love playing theaters and clubs where the audience has a really good chance to see and hear the group and where the acoustics are good. I like it when we can hear what we're doing.

Love Good Great Chance

I meditate every day, which is profoundly restful and restorative. It wipes out a lot of the fatigue. That's my secret weapon.

Day Every Day Secret Out

In the spring of 1968, The Beatles and I were invited by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to travel to Riskikesh, India. Riskikesh has been an important spiritual place to many millions of people over the years. It is situated where the Ganges River flows out of the Himalayas, and to be in that atmosphere was something incredibly special.

Travel People River Spiritual

By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.

Beach Looking Thinking Grow

I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

Music Beach Amazing Generation

As you get older, you either become proactive about staying in shape and taking care of yourself, or, you know, time has its effect on you.

Yourself Time You Care

I think my philosophy in music has been to accentuate the positive.

Positive Music Think Philosophy

The Beach Boys already had about four or five albums under our belt when these newcomers, The Beatles, took the U.S. by storm in early 1964.

Beach Storm Early About

What we look for when we need to find someone who can fit in with our music, the vocals and the harmonies and the way they blend are very important to us because if you listen to Beach Boys music, the harmonies, not only are the notes being sung, but there's a blend to it. The voices have to blend.

Music You Beach Look

There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.

Peace Way Process Things

Without meditation, I'd probably be dead.

Dead Without Meditation

During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.

Rest Sleep Down Your

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