Wilson: "I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it."

Wilson: "First of all, I want people to understand that I'm here to create for them. To create music for people so they'll know that I'm a source of love. And they can depend on my name."

Wilson: "I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy."

Wilson: "I think in terms of emotions. And feelings. So sometimes what I say may not always be clear. But creatively, there's a lot to be said for that way of thinking."

Wilson: "You know what? I'm not always in a positive, happy place. But I'm able to concentrate enough to come up with a really good song."

Wilson: "The keyboard is my whole life. My life is centered around either sitting at my keyboard or driving my car. Those are the two most important things, more than anything else. Being at my keyboard, it's the happiest time for me."

Wilson: "I have stage fright every single concert I've ever done. I have at least four or five minutes of it. It's absolute living hell."

Wilson: "My mother used to tell me about vibrations. I didn't really understand too much of what that meant when I was just a boy. To think that invisible feelings, invisible vibrations existed scared me to death."

Wilson: "Pop music has been exhausted. The innocence has been exhausted. I think we've lost the ability to be blown away by music."

Wilson: "I think I need the demons in order to write, but the demons have gone. It bothers me a lot. I've tried and tried, but I just can't seem to find a melody."

Wilson: "I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often."

Wilson: "My brother Carl taught me how to play bass. I'm a self-taught keyboard player, though - I figured out our harmonies at the piano."

Wilson: "I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer. A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound."

Wilson: "I still believe that something is right only when it feels right."

Wilson: "You want to know my real pleasure? Food. I love chocolate. I can't get enough chocolate. I can't help it. But my biggest pleasure of all is exercise. I really get off on exercise."

Wilson: "Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun."

Wilson: "The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of thing. They were a part of the music business like everyone else. And they did quite well as a singing group, and I finished a lot of good records, and I'm very proud of them."

Wilson: "If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life."

Wilson: "I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records."

Wilson: "I meditate and I also think about meditation. Which is funny. I think about Maharishi, about just the idea of meditating. It gives me something."

Wilson: "Don't get married until you're certain that you're marrying the right girl. How did I know my wife was the one? I'd seen her for a couple of months. I liked her. She was a very creative person and she had a very good grip on politics and business."