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" The history of mankind is a history of war. "

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" I think between The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and innumerable acts after that... rock music became a huge economic force. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The Beach Boys was a family hobby that we turned into a profession. We're very blessed. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes I listen to '60s or oldies stations to see if they're going to play a Beach Boys song. "

" Mankind invents things to fight about. "

" 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. "

" I'd like to do something with Bruno Mars if we ever got the opportunity. "

" I've got different things going on - part spiritualist, part humanitarian, part brat. "

" I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Maybe out of the fifty top Beach Boys songs, I was probably the co-writer and singing lead on forty of them. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" The original Beach Boys are Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, Mike Love, and Alan Jardine. "

" 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. "

" You have to be careful not to get overexposed. "

" 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. "