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. I believe it is important to remain humble and thankful for the blessings in our lives, for the tremendous opportunities that are a result of our musical success.

You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.

There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too.

You have to be careful not to get overexposed.

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.

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

I've always been very involved with environmental issues. I was fortunate to be one of the speakers at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero some years back, and Bruce Johnson and I served on the board of the Surfrider Foundation here at home. Locally and globally, we need to be doing everything we can to help Mother Earth.