▁you ▁can ▁put ▁into ▁records ▁– ▁some ▁quality ▁that ▁no ▁one ▁else ▁has ▁got . ▁I ▁love ▁pe aks ▁in ▁a ▁song ▁– ▁and ▁en han cing ▁them ▁on ▁the ▁control ▁panel . ▁Most ▁of ▁all , ▁I ▁love ▁the ▁human ▁voice ▁for ▁its ▁own ▁sake ." ▁For ▁a ▁period , ▁Wilson ▁avoided ▁singing ▁fal set to ▁for ▁the ▁group , ▁saying , ▁" I ▁thought ▁people ▁thought ▁I ▁was ▁a ▁fair y . ▁... ▁The ▁band ▁told ▁me , ▁' If ▁that ' s ▁the ▁way ▁you ▁sing , ▁don ' t ▁worry ▁about ▁it .' " ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Wilson ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁highest ▁note ▁he ▁could ▁sing ▁was ▁D 5 . ▁Starting ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁sessions ▁for ▁the ▁Sur f ' s ▁Up ▁album , ▁engineer ▁Stephen ▁Des per ▁rem embers ▁the ▁emer ging ▁cor ros ive ▁effects ▁of ▁Wilson ' s ▁in cess ant ▁chain ▁sm oking ▁and ▁c oca ine ▁use : ▁" He ▁could ▁still ▁do ▁fal sett os ▁and ▁stuff , ▁but ▁he ' d ▁need ▁Carl ▁to ▁help ▁him . ▁Either ▁that ▁or ▁I ' d ▁modify ▁the ▁t ape ▁speed - wise ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁artificial ly ▁higher , ▁so ▁it ▁sound ed ▁like ▁the ▁old ▁days ." ▁ ▁Musical ▁influ ences ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁writer ▁Richard ▁Gold stein ▁related ▁his ▁impression ▁of ▁Wilson ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁meeting ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 : ▁ ▁The ▁influence ▁of ▁the