Mike Love Quotes

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Mike Love

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 15, 1941

The history of mankind is a history of war.

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I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

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People say the Beatles were John Lennon. What is Paul McCartney? Chopped liver? But everyone has their own favourite members whose creativity they gravitate to. That's normal.

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I'm the lead singer of the Beach Boys and an ambassador of this amazing music that touched a generation.

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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.

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The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.

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Without meditation, I'd probably be dead.

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I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

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Mankind invents things to fight about.

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I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I love Brian Wilson. We are partners. He's my cousin by birth and my brother in music.

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You have to be careful not to get overexposed.

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Everybody has their own appreciation of the Beach Boys, depending on where they're coming from with their musical tastes, so we tried to be representative of all eras and of everybody in the band and their contributions.

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I've had an incredible life with a lot of triumphs, my share of heartbreak, and some pretty amazing experiences.

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I wrote all the lyrics on 'Good Vibrations' and most of them in 'Kokomo.' 'Kokomo' was extremely popular and fun to sing - it's probably one of the bigger sing-along songs in our show. But then 'Help Me Rhonda,' 'Surfin' USA' and 'California Girls' and 'I Get Around' and 'Fun, Fun, Fun' are great songs as well.

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By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.

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There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.

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During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.

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If Frank and The Beach Boys got together and did a Super Session album, it would be a gas.

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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.

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I never thought of myself as a really particularly great singer.

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