Mike Love
Mike Love
Michael Edward "Mike" Loveis an American musician, singer, songwriter, and activist who is a member and co-founder of the Beach Boys. For most of the Beach Boys' career, Love has been one of the band's lyricists, contributing to each of their studio albums...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth15 March 1941
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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What we look for when we need to find someone who can fit in with our music, the vocals and the harmonies and the way they blend are very important to us because if you listen to Beach Boys music, the harmonies, not only are the notes being sung, but there's a blend to it. The voices have to blend.
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I think the Beach Boys' legacy is 'Fun, Fun, Fun,' you know? We're calling our next tour '50 Years of Fun, Fun, Fun.' By and large, the Beach Boys' legacy is about incredibly positivity. We've traveled around the world and uplifted the spirits of hundreds of millions of people. Our sound is one of the most recognizable in all of music.
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People say the Beatles were John Lennon. What is Paul McCartney? Chopped liver? But everyone has their own favourite members whose creativity they gravitate to. That's normal.
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By 1968, both The Beatles and The Beach Boys had plenty of fame - we were looking for something deeper. The Maharishi taught us how to go beyond thinking and action in order to grow from within.
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Creatively speaking, they're artful. They're challenging to do. I co-authored a bunch of hit songs with my cousin Brian that are still loved by people. We're touring. Our music is appreciated. What's not to like?
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It is like any family, ... In our family, we have had people who have responded very differently to the same environment and same stresses.
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In the spring of 1968, The Beatles and I were invited by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to travel to Riskikesh, India. Riskikesh has been an important spiritual place to many millions of people over the years. It is situated where the Ganges River flows out of the Himalayas, and to be in that atmosphere was something incredibly special.
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It's a little weird because the people around him have him focused on a solo career, so he's going off and doing his Brian Wilson solo endeavors, ... That's the direction they've chosen to go in. It's OK, but I'd be open to doing something with him if the opportunity presented itself.
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I love playing the Hard Rocks; they've got a great stage, great lighting, great sound, and not so humongous; its more intimate, so we love playing theaters and clubs where the audience has a really good chance to see and hear the group and where the acoustics are good. I like it when we can hear what we're doing.
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One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'
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If you look at the history of music, you have classical composers, church music, pop music, etc. Music that's existed for centuries. I think there are some songs that are close to immortal. They will last longer than we will in this lifetime.
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I think my philosophy in music has been to accentuate the positive.
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During meditation your metabolism and your breath rate go down to a level of rest, twice that of deep sleep.
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There are different things one can do to establish and hasten the peace process. Meditation is one way.