Rock legend Brian Wilson supports legal cannabis — in moderation.
Of course marijuana often played a part in Wilson’s creative process, something the former addict talks about more and more as the years pass.
In a , Wilson addressed his support of weed legalization, which comes with a qualifier.
“I think (legalization) is good if people do it in moderation,” Wilson told Reverb. “If you get hooked on it and it becomes too much of a habit, I don’t think itap a cool idea, though.”
Wilson also said that marijuana played a significant role in the creation of what is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time, the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds.” Wilson was stoned while writing “God Only Knows,” a track ranked by Pitchfork as the greatest song of the ’60s and by Rolling Stone as the 25th greatest song of all time.
“I listened to ‘Rubber Soul’ and smoked some marijuana and was so blown away that I went right over to my piano and wrote ‘God Only Knows’ with a friend of mine,” .
