On the beach, you can live in bliss.

Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully appreciated in America and the potential of the group has been stifled.... If the Beatles had suffered this kind of misrepresentation, they would have never got past singing 'Please Please Me' and 'I WannaHold Your Hand' and leaping around in Beatle suits.

The greatest success in life is to feel I’m something for someone; the feeling of falling in love, the newness of love.

Everything that I am or will ever be is in the music. If you want to know me, just listen.

All I need is a big surfboard and a piano.

I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up.

My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us.