As a songwriter, your songs are, in a way, like your children - you want them to be appreciated.

- Mike Love

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

- Mike Love

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

- Mike Love

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.

- Mike Love

The problem with popularity is that if it gets too popular everybody leaves and goes somewhere else.

- Mike Love

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.

- Mike Love

I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I cannot fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. I am not his employer. I do not have such authority.…

- Mike Love

Since learning Transcendental Meditation from Maharishi in December 1967, it has been a valuable practice which has enabled me to go through some ver…

- Mike Love

The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.

- Mike Love