Brian Wilson will tell the story of his rollercoaster life through the I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir autobiography which is out on Da Capo Press this October.
Wilson’s obsessional search for musical perfection on Beach Boys albums such as ‘Pet Sounds‘ and the until recently long-lost ‘Smile‘ is well documented, but he’ll now reveal all in his own words from the release date of October 11th.
Pitchfork have an excerpt from the book – it begins:
“Other people can talk about my life. Sometimes they’ll get it right and sometimes they’ll get it wrong. For me, when I think back across my own life, there are so many things that are painful. Sometimes I don’t like discussing them.”
“Sometimes I don’t even like remembering them. But as I get older, the shape of that pain has changed. Sometimes memories come back to me when I least expect them.”