Mike Love Quotes

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

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

Mankind invents things to fight about.

You have to be careful not to get overexposed.

You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.

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

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.

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.

The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else.

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.

The history of mankind is a history of war.

The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You're inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound you hear in your head to come out of those speakers.

There are a few good 'psych' groups but too many never change from their first appearance. They don't develop.

I was in the oil business for a while--gas and oil, check the tires.

Without meditation, Id probably be dead.

I actually have heard of acts who only do their new album, and don't do their hits. I've never been in that mind set.

Keep a cool head and a warm heart.

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

Some people are denizens of the studio. I'm more of a denizen of the live appearance. I love the live thing.

If you ask any couple who have been married 50 years or longer, they will tell you they've experienced it all. The same is true of the Beach Boys.

As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

Love is probably the most powerful force in the cosmos, capable of creating miracles.

There's the historical part of The Beach Boys' music; it's pretty incredible, pretty vast and pretty varied too.

Locally and globally, we need to be doing everything we can to help Mother Earth.

There is so much to life; my heart breaks watching someone held captive by addiction.

One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'

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