Bruce Johnston quotes

We're just kinda surviving at a very comfortable level. (Bruce Johnston)
Of course The Beach Boys will be camp. View quote
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But, you know again, getting back to what a group like ours might represent - the cleanliness thing. View quote
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I really dig the scene that's happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow... you can't beat that. View quote
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I mean it shouldn't hang you up emotionally if your record fails. View quote
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Sometimes one of us might be missing because we might be away or something, but there's always four or five. View quote
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I've been with the group since 1965. I will be beginning my fifth year on April ninth this year. View quote
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We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial. View quote
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You know, Glen Campbell sang with the group right before I joined the group. View quote
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You know, The Beach Boys' image is kinda like a group Doris Day, you know what I mean? View quote
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We are a business, and you do a little of what you think's right, pay your bills, and attract... a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums. (Bruce Johnston)
You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker. View quote
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Records... a record just shouldn't be that important. View quote
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We've recorded over our voices once and double the harmonies, make them thick. The Four Freshmen do that. View quote
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Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do their first overdub before Terry even met them. View quote
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I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group. View quote
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For us... you know, we're not The Beatles. View quote
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We're not trying to top ourselves with each record, obviously. View quote
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Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I have to just say that we're making our records. View quote
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Everybody can dig The Beatles, but why should everybody dig us? View quote
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Carl, Dennis and Brian are brothers, and Mike Love's a cousin. (Bruce Johnston)
The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group. View quote
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Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group. View quote
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I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it. View quote
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Bruce Johnston

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Occupation: American Musician
Born: June 27, 1942
Quotes count: 24