Uncanny

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE "I've had a great life. I want to give someone else the chance to do what I have done."

STOCKTON RECORD

THE STAR PHOENIX

THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

SUNDAY MERCURY

RED ORBIT

CHICAGO SUN TIMES BLOG "But if his degree of involvement in this catastrophe is really as full-fledged as his press materials would have us believe, the only conclusion left is that one of the greatest songwriters of his generation can no longer tell trash from triumph--either that, or he's every bit as willing as the parasites around him to milk the legacy of the past for every dollar it will yield while stumbling through a present consisting of unforgivable crap..."

I now have no respect for Jim DeRogatis' supposed musical intelligence.

SIGN ON SAN DIEGO "Beneath all the harmonies and pop melodies lies a darkness that has typified Wilson's work since his mid-'60s spiral into mental illness."

TAMPA BAY ONLINE

LAIST "LAist was among couple hundred lucky fans left with goose bumps after being treated to an intimate set of music by Brian Wilson."

PITCHFORK "That Luck Old Sun" is "his finest non-Smile album since the golden age of the Beach Boys."

CNN "I'm happier now than I was a year ago. I started exercising and I started eating more of the right food and I started feeling better. I just get up in the morning and say my prayers."

EXCLAIM.CA

BROADCAST NEWSROOM When asked for the secret of his signature vocal sound, Wilson replied: "It's always been Telefunken microphones. That's all we've ever used - they're the best."

UNCUT "If you experiment, eventually something good can come out. But I’m not sure that drugs were good for me. Marijuana made me very paranoid about living up to my reputation. But it also helped me concentrate on my music. It gave me insight into writing songs that I didn’t have before. So it wasn’t all bad."