Spirituality amounts to love with me. I consider it the same as love. And my band members are full of love. - Brian Wilson

I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

On all of [our Beach Boys records] I said this is a smash! this is a number one smash! And that's how I used to talk to people. I'd talk to Mike Love, I'd say we've got a Top Ten smash on our hands! On Billboard, on Cashbox. And then finally it'd go to number one and I'd call him and say, "We've made it to number one!" and he'd go, "Whoa!" We'd get excited, right. We couldn't help it. It's an exciting thing to get a number one record. A number one record is like the first time you ever fucked a girl, it's a thrill. You know what I mean?

I was very, very surprised. I never thought I would be that loved or respected.