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.

The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You're inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound you hear in your head to come out of those speakers.

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

Every summer, my grandparents would rent a house on Balboa Island. They had the house next to Bob Hope's. I've been going down there all my life, to that whole area.

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

There is so much to life; my heart breaks watching someone held captive by addiction.

The history of mankind is a history of war.