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"You know, The Beach Boys' image is kinda like a group Doris Day, you know what I mean?"

"You know, The Beach Boys' image is kinda like a group Doris Day, you know what I mean?"

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

Beach, Boys, Day

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"Miami Beach is where neon goes to die."

"Miami Beach is where neon goes to die."

Lenny Bruce, American Comedian

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"If Frank and The Beach Boys got together and did a Super Session album, it would be a gas."

"If Frank and The Beach Boys got together and did a Super Session album, it would be a gas."

Mike Love, American Musician

22

"We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month."

"We made part of the record in Miami, and I would go down to the beach, and not 20 feet from the water I see a fish that is at least seven feet long swimming close to the shore. I did not go back in the ocean the entire month."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

Beach, Feet, Fish, Ocean

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"Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water."

"Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water."

Karen Duffy, American Actress

Beach, Illness, Water

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"I can tell you the day The Beach Boys will no longer exist - never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs."

"I can tell you the day The Beach Boys will no longer exist - never. We'll be on stage in wheelchairs."

Dennis Wilson, American Musician

Beach, Boys, Day, Will

18

"We have our little restaurants, and there's a beautiful beach that we go to in the summer and fall. We tend to have a lot of get-togethers, and if it's at my house, we order pizza because I can't cook."

"We have our little restaurants, and there's a beautiful beach that we go to in the summer and fall. We tend to have a lot of get-togethers, and if it's at my house, we order pizza because I can't cook."

Katie Holmes, American Actress

Beach, Order, Restaurants, Summer

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"The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by good friends of mine to come back to Hawaii. Oh, I loved Honolulu, playing at a place right on the beach at Waikiki!"

"The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by good friends of mine to come back to Hawaii. Oh, I loved Honolulu, playing at a place right on the beach at Waikiki!"

Martin Denny, American Musician

Beach, Friends, Night, Play

16

"On the weekends, I would go down and play these clubs in Key West or West Palm Beach or surrounding areas of Florida and then I'd go back to school for the week."

"On the weekends, I would go down and play these clubs in Key West or West Palm Beach or surrounding areas of Florida and then I'd go back to school for the week."

Carrot Top, American Comedian

Beach, Key, Play, School

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"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."

"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude."

Jeanne Moreau, French Actress

Beach, Solitude, Sun

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"I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It's always fun."

"I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It's always fun."

James Lafferty, American Actor

Beach, Fun, Gifts, July

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"Of course The Beach Boys will be camp."

"Of course The Beach Boys will be camp."

Bruce Johnston, American Musician

Beach, Boys, Will

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"You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach."

"You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach."

Jim Steinman, American Musician

15

"Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin."

"Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin."

Freddie Mercury, British Musician

Beach, Harmony, Old

14

"I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?"

"I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?"

Philip Johnson, American Architect

14

"I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach."

"I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

14

"We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about."

"We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about."

Rachel True, American Actress

Beach, Energy, Wonder

14

"They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette."

"They had me doing Beach Boys remakes and all that. I was basically a marionette."

Leif Garrett, American Musician

13

"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."

"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, American Musician

Beach, Boys, First

13

"If I'm on location on some island, we usually get up at four in the morning to set up. By seven thirty, we're on the beach working until noon, then we rest. It's not exactly a vacation."

"If I'm on location on some island, we usually get up at four in the morning to set up. By seven thirty, we're on the beach working until noon, then we rest. It's not exactly a vacation."

Daniela Pestova, Czechoslovakian Model

Beach, Rest, Vacation

13

"When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey."

"When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey."

Ray Davies, English Musician

Beach, Fishermen, Mind, Sea

13

"One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach."

"One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach."

Anne Spencer, American Poet

12

"I was in Florida with Burt Stern, the photographer who shot Marilyn Monroe on the beach with a sweater, and we smoked a joint. The bathing suit kept coming off in the water, and I just ripped it off. I was very comfortable being naked."

"I was in Florida with Burt Stern, the photographer who shot Marilyn Monroe on the beach with a sweater, and we smoked a joint. The bathing suit kept coming off in the water, and I just ripped it off. I was very comfortable being naked."

Rosanna Arquette, American Actress

Beach, Being, Water

12

"It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all."

"It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all."

Miranda Richardson, English Actress

Beach, Childhood

11

"Well, I went to school with Jan and Dean, Ryan O'Neal, some of the Beach Boys we all use to party together."

"Well, I went to school with Jan and Dean, Ryan O'Neal, some of the Beach Boys we all use to party together."

Tommy Rettig, American Actor

Beach, Boys, Party, School

11

"I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach."

"I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach."

Jason Statham, British Actor

11

"The pictures we saw before we got down here didn't even touch the reality of what it is like being here. We can be right on the beach with all the devastation and still not be able to imagine what it was like when the wall of water actually came up."

"The pictures we saw before we got down here didn't even touch the reality of what it is like being here. We can be right on the beach with all the devastation and still not be able to imagine what it was like when the wall of water actually came up."

Connie Sellecca, American Actress

Beach, Being, Reality, Right

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