95 Quotes by Mike Love

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

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.

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. I believe it is important to remain humble and thankful for the blessings in our lives, for the tremendous opportunities that are a result of our musical success.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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