▁Beach ▁Boys ' ▁pe ers ▁combined ▁with ▁Brian ' s ▁compet itive ▁nature ▁drove ▁him ▁to ▁reach ▁higher ▁cre ative ▁pe aks . ▁He ▁has ▁said , ▁" It ▁isn ' t ▁easy ▁for ▁me . ▁So ▁many ▁things ▁have ▁sc ared ▁me ▁in ▁my ▁life ▁– ▁I ' ve ▁got ▁fear s , ▁lots ▁of ▁stuff . ▁I ▁mean , ▁boy , ▁just ▁all ▁the ▁records ▁that ▁have ▁sc ared ▁me . ▁So ▁many ▁records ▁just ▁rock ed ▁my ▁world , ▁man . ▁It ' s ▁heavy ." ▁He ▁named ▁" What ▁a ▁F ool ▁Bel ieves " ▁( 1 9 7 8 ) ▁as ▁a ▁song ▁he ▁cons iders ▁a ▁" sc ary ▁record " ▁and ▁once ▁believed ▁that ▁Pro col ▁Har um ' s ▁" A ▁Wh iter ▁Sh ade ▁of ▁Pale " ▁( 1 9 6 7 ) ▁was ▁his ▁fun eral ▁march . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁Brian ▁told ▁David ▁To op : ▁" I ▁listened ▁to ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁orch est ral ▁music . ▁I ▁learned ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁tr icks ▁too . ▁Nelson ▁R iddle ▁taught ▁me ▁a ▁lot ▁about ▁arr anging ." ▁Alice ▁Cooper ▁reported ▁that ▁Wilson ▁once ▁considered ▁the ▁traditional ▁standard ▁" Short n in ' ▁B read " ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁greatest ▁song ▁ever ▁written , ▁as ▁he ▁quotes ▁Wilson ▁for ▁an ▁explanation : ▁" I ▁don ' t ▁know , ▁it ' s ▁just ▁the ▁best ▁song ▁ever ▁written ." ▁ ▁On ▁classical ▁music , ▁Wilson ▁stated ▁in ▁