Mike Love - "I'm known as the bad one in this band"
By DJ M on May 26th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
ASBURY PARK PRESS "It's a shame," Mike Love said. "Brian has . . . problems. He's been controlled his whole life. His father controlled him and then Dr. (Eugene) Landy controlled him. And now the people surrounding him are controlling his life. I would welcome the opportunity for Brian to be in this band, but I can't imagine him ever having control and him getting over his paranoia."
"Some songs are just a little too esoteric to do at shows," Love said. "They're great songs, but we can't play them all. We recorded so many great songs from the early years. I have great memories of those times."
"What Brian and I had was really special. We started singing together at an early age. We're a year apart. We were 11, 12 years old. We had a great relationship, but it didn't take long for things to get weird."
"I'm known as the bad one in this band, but it's not true. I was just different from the Wilsons (Brian, Dennis and Carl). . . . It's a shame how that all went down. But fortunately, the Beach Boys are still here and we're valid."