In my sixties I did what I couldn’t do in my twenties. - Brian Wilson

The sound was essentially background sound, myself, and Carl, Dennis and Al Jardine, Mike was our lead singer. The four of us put our voices together. We had done it really beautifully. We had a beautiful blend. We really did.

It's funny how people are pickin' up on our music now, you know? I think it's wonderful that people like our music.

Being called a musical genius was a cross to bear. Genius is a big word. But if you have to live up to something, you might as well live up to that. God damn!