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PEACE Relative peace must be nice in New York. FEAR Not knowing what to expect is the only reason for fear. DRUNK I don't know anyone who get's drunk. In fact, I haven't been drunk myself for three years. There's no point in it. It isn't really fun. Why bother? HONESTY It's great and groovy and kicks all rolled into one big mind-blower. No one should be without it. SUICIDE It only makes things worse. You can't solve anything by killing yourself. I mean, things can only get better, but if you're dead, they may not. WATTS It's only four miles from my original home, where my mother still lives. We didn't panic - she just didn't go outside the house. CRIME Very consistent. POLICE They're nice men, I think. KOREA I was about 11 years old and primarily concerned with baseball. JUVENILE DELIQUENCY There seems to be a trend toward non-violence today. More and more kids are thinking love and peace and friendship, instead of hate and spite. SCHOOL I wonder how much longer school will be compulsory? Very soon, I think, education will not only be free-form, but free for the taking or leaving. |
TIME Time is fine when it's in cadence. STEREO I can't enjoy stereo much, I'm deaf in one ear. EAR The right one. DRUGS An underground train. PATRIOTISM Beer and brass bands. HYMN I think I can write one someday. ORGAN My dad gave me a piep organ for my birthday -- that's what I'll write the hymn on. Or at. DOOR The door has been opened for a whole universe of experience for me. NEWSPAPER I don't read the newspapers too much because they depress me. SWIMMING POOL I have just rediscovered the delights of swimming. I'm completely turned on to swimming pools again. For a while they bored me. Now I take a swim once a day and I'm completely healthy. ALBUM Our next album will be better than "Pet Sounds". It will be as much an improvement over "Sounds" as that was over "Summer Days". RECORDING STUDIO My recording studio has become a castle, with a wing for everyone. TELEVISION Someday I want to make commercials for TV - with a new twist. DRUMS Someday I want to write a symphony for drums. |
HOLLYWOOD BOWL The sound men at the Bowl are not rock 'n' roll sound men. I would advise people who want to play there and sound good, to change their plans, or plan their changes. SURFING It's a very challenging sport. I've never been able to meet the challenge. LYRICS Let's make them all free-form, so we don't get hung up on making rhymes. DRUG SONGS There are myriad of drug songs on the pop music market today. I don't know which they are. MIRROR Have you tried the mirror technique of subconsciousness? I'm reading a book about it - I'm fascinated by the mind and hypnosis and things like that. CAR One day everyone will sit up in his car and fall out to the groovy sounds of cartridge tapes. Do I sound like a commercial? SUCCESS Came very easily to me, professionally speaking. GLASSES I would recommend that everyone who gets eye strain when they read go to an optometrist and get reading glasses so that they can read more and longer. This is what I did, and I really do think everyone should do it. RAIN It's purifying. It cleanses the earth and helps things grow. It's spiritual too. AUTOGRAPHS I would suggest to every girl who collects autographs that she has them analyzed. Amazing revelations. THE MOON Funny you should mention that - I've been reading a book about moon deities and about how the moon affects women's personalities. Fascinating. PUBLICISTS Professional wordsmen. |
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