Dennis Wilson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The one thing that kept our family together was the music. The only thing that our family would share emotionally was to have our dad cry over something the kids did with music.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Family #Dad #Kids
On the beach, you can live in bliss.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Beach #Ocean #Bliss
They say I live a fast life. Maybe I just like a fast life. I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world. It won't last forever, either. But the memories will.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Memories #Giving #Forever
My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Mom #Play #Guy
I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Two #Numbers #Dollars
The greatest success in life is to feel Iâ€™m something for someone; the feeling of falling in love, the newness of love.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Falling In Love #Feelings #Life Is
All I need is a big surfboard and a piano.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Piano #Needs #Bigs
Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully appreciated in America and the potential of the group has been stifled.... If the Beatles had suffered this kind of misrepresentation, they would have never got past singing 'Please Please Me' and 'I WannaHold Your Hand' and leaping around in Beatle suits.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Attitude #Past #Hands
If there wasn't The Beach Boys and there wasn't music, I wouldn't even talk to them. But through the music I fell in love with my brothers.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Beach #Brother #Boys
There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love
-- Dennis Wilson

#Beach #Being In Love #Boys
I can tell you the day The Beach Boys will no longer exist - never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Beach #Boys #Stage
Everything that I am or will ever be is in the music. If you want to know me, just listen.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Want #Know Me #Just Listen
My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Dad #Tyrants #Used
Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got the kind of grades I did. I failed everything. I was too busy fighting and running wild.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Running #Baby #Fighting
The Beach Boys are not a superstar group. The music is the superstar of the group.
-- Dennis Wilson

#Music #Beach #Boys

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