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" 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. "
Mike Love
Mind
Never
New
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" I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound. "
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" Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation. "
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" 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. "
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" I've got different things going on - part spiritualist, part humanitarian, part brat. "
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" 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. "
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Looking
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" There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way. "
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" You have to be careful not to get overexposed. "
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" 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. "
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History
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Look
" 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. "
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Fire
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" 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. "
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Life
You
Great
" 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. "
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Long
World
Water
" There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too. "
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Historical
Pretty
Beach
" Sometimes I listen to '60s or oldies stations to see if they're going to play a Beach Boys song. "
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Song
Beach
Listen
" 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. "
Mike Love
Appreciation
Own
Band
" The music I have created, along with the other Beach Boys, has taken me all over the world. For these past 50 years, I guess you could say, 'I get around.' "
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Me
Music
World
" People say the Beatles were John Lennon. What is Paul McCartney? Chopped liver? But everyone has their own favourite members whose creativity they gravitate to. That's normal. "
Mike Love
People
People Say
Say
" Without meditation, I'd probably be dead. "
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Meditation
Without
Dead
" Writing songs with Brian and performing them with Al Jardine, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, David Marks, Bruce Johnston and many other brilliant musicians over the years is my legacy, and something of which I am very proud and protective. "
Mike Love
Writing
I Am
Legacy
" I'd like to do something with Bruno Mars if we ever got the opportunity. "
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Opportunity
Something
Got
" One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.' "
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Environmental
Act
Think
" You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people. "
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People
You
Music
" The original Beach Boys are Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Alan Jardine. "
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Love
Original
Beach Boys
" I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force. "
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Think
Rock
" During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep. "
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Rest
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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. "
Mike Love
Appearance
People
More
" We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good, you've got The Beatles, The Beach Boys, all of Motown, and plenty of other people, too... amazing records, amazing songs. "
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Good
You
People
" People meditate themselves because they are just trying to feel better, and transcendental meditation is a natural mental technique that you can perform and that provides that relaxation and also a little bit of broader perspective. "
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Trying
Better
People
" I meditate every day, which is profoundly restful and restorative. It wipes out a lot of the fatigue. That's my secret weapon. "
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Out
Every Day
Fatigue
" I think my philosophy in music has been to accentuate the positive. "
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Think
Positive
Philosophy