Brian Wilson

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1942 age 0

   Born

2. 1987 age 45

   CreditThe Return of Bruno

3. 2014 age 72

   CreditLove and Mercy

   CreditLove and Mercyproducer

4. 2025 age 82

   Died

• EJElton John1 title
• BWBruce Willis1 title
• MFMichael J. Fox1 title
• TRTyson Ritter1 title
• DRDiana Maria Riva1 title
• PGPaul Giamatti1 title
• EBElizabeth Banks1 title
• PDPaul Dano1 title
• BCBill Camp1 title
• BPBill Pohlad1 title

• Siblings

  • DWDennis Wilson

Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Partner, Parents, Children, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.

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• Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.

  Brian Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• All of us have the privilege of making music that helps and heals — to make music that makes people happier, stronger and kinder. Don't forget: music is God's voice.

  Brian Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• 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!

  Brian Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• 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?

  Brian Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• You don't want to be scared all the time. There are other emotions besides fear. You've got anger. You've got jealousy. You've got joy. You've got fascination. You've got jealousy. You've got anger. You've got frustration. You've got hunger. You've got all those emotions. But that's how it's strung together. We strung all these hits together. One hit, strung it together. Another hit, strung it together. Another hit, strung it together. And pretty soon we had a string of hits.

  Brian Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I would have the musicians keep playing over and over again till the sound made sense. I worked overtime on that; I worked hours to get it right. If the sound didn't make any sense, then I wouldn't know what to do — I'd be lost! It's instinct that tells me. I have an instinct for music, or a feeling about it, and I'll have my feelings guide my hands.

  Brian Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0