Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do their first overdub before Terry even met them. – Bruce Johnston
I never could get into The Chambers Brothers. They make good records, but I never could get behind it. – Bruce Johnston
Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al’s the original member of the group. – Bruce Johnston
I’ve been with the group since 1965. I will be beginning my fifth year on April ninth this year. – Bruce Johnston
We’ve recorded over our voices once and double the harmonies, make them thick. The Four Freshmen do that. – Bruce Johnston
You know, The Beach Boys’ image is kinda like a group Doris Day, you know what I mean? – Bruce Johnston
Sometimes one of us might be missing because we might be away or something, but there’s always four or five. – Bruce Johnston
I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated – in their original form – pop group. – Bruce Johnston
The group started getting bigger and bigger, so Al started replacing Brian on the road, and then finally there was a big flare-up with Dave Marks and he left the group. – Bruce Johnston
We are a business, and you do a little of what you think’s right, pay your bills, and attract… a single record attracts attention to your concerts and your albums. – Bruce Johnston
You know, if I wrote the arrangements two years from now, they would probably be a lot slicker. – Bruce Johnston
Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn’t that important, but again, I have to just say that we’re making our records. – Bruce Johnston
I really dig the scene that’s happening now, I really do, because there might be a lot of bad things going on, but if out of all of those bad things ten per cent of the groovy part of it stays, wow… you can’t beat that. – Bruce Johnston
But, you know again, getting back to what a group like ours might represent – the cleanliness thing. – Bruce Johnston
