“I love playing the Hard Rocks; they've got a great stage, great lighti...” — Mike Love Quote

“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.”

“You can't sustain a fan base on a great catalog alone. You must take your music directly to the people.”

“Sometimes I listen to '60s or oldies stations to see if they're going to play a Beach Boys song.”

“Keep a cool head and a warm heart.”

“The music I have created, along with the other Beach Boys, has taken me all over the world. For these past 50 years, I guess you could say, 'I get around.'”

“I wrote all the lyrics on 'Good Vibrations' and most of them in 'Kokomo.' 'Kokomo' was extremely popular and fun to sing - it's probably one of the bigger sing-along songs in our show. But then 'Help Me Rhonda,' 'Surfin' USA' and 'California Girls' and 'I Get Around' and 'Fun, Fun, Fun' are great songs as well.”

“I really think the acoustics that Gibson's been making for the last ten years or so are as good as any the company has ever produced and that's saying a lot.”

“With electronic music, you are not confined to the acoustics of a concert-hall, and that inspired me to bring my performances outdoors.”

“I like hearing fiddles, steel guitar, acoustics up loud - really rock & roll stuff but with a country sound behind it. That's just who I am. I'm not trying to prove a point; I am just doing what I like. But I don't have any problems with any other artist coming in and doing their own thing.”

“At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.”

“I prefer to sing in the shower 'cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you're singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you.”

“The worst thing you can do is compare arenas and compare rooms. Every room is different, in its size, its shape, the acoustics.”