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" 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. "
You
Yourself
Become
" Because of the inherent challenges of life on the earth, all of humanity is vulnerable. This is all the more reason to seek the kingdom of heaven within and find the peace that leads to understanding. "
Peace
Understanding
Challenges
" 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. "
Action
Looking
Grow
" During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep. "
Rest
Go
Meditation
" 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. "
Long
World
Water
" Everybody has their own appreciation of the Beach Boys, depending on where they're coming from with their musical tastes, so we tried to be representative of all eras and of everybody in the band and their contributions. "
Appreciation
Own
Band
" Every summer, my grandparents would rent a house on Balboa Island. They had the house next to Bob Hope's. I've been going down there all my life, to that whole area. "
Island
Life
Hope
" I actually have heard of acts who only do their new album, and don't do their hits. I've never been in that mind set. "
Mind
Never
New
" 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. "
Music
Love
Brother
" 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. "
Fire
I Am
Love
" I'd like to do something with Bruno Mars if we ever got the opportunity. "
Opportunity
Something
Got
" If Frank and The Beach Boys got together and did a Super Session album, it would be a gas. "
Together
Super
Got
" If we all take the time to listen and love each other, this world would be a better place. "
Better
Place
Time
" If you ask any couple who have been married 50 years or longer, they will tell you they've experienced it all. The same is true of the Beach Boys. "
True
You
Will
" If you look at the history of music, you have classical composers, church music, pop music, etc. Music that's existed for centuries. I think there are some songs that are close to immortal. They will last longer than we will in this lifetime. "
History
Church
Look
" 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
Positive Attitude
" 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. "
You
Best
Care
" 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
Group
Great
" I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound. "
Silence
Fill
Days
" I meditate every day, which is profoundly restful and restorative. It wipes out a lot of the fatigue. That's my secret weapon. "
Out
Every Day
Fatigue
" I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation. "
Beach
Amazing
Lead
" I never thought of myself as a really particularly great singer. "
Never
Myself
Thought
" 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. "
River
Travel
Place
" I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force. "
Music
Think
Rock
" I think my philosophy in music has been to accentuate the positive. "
Think
Positive
Philosophy
" 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. "
Fun
Think
Music
" I've got different things going on - part spiritualist, part humanitarian, part brat. "
Things
Got
Going
" I've had an incredible life with a lot of triumphs, my share of heartbreak, and some pretty amazing experiences. "
Heartbreak
Life
Share
" 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. "
Great
Good
Help
" Keep a cool head and a warm heart. "
Keep
Cool
Head
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