“Mark E Smith got in my car thinking I was a taxi in 1997”
“How we will continue without Brian Wilson, ‘God Only Knows’”
The tortured but brilliant creative mind and bedrock of The Beach Boys forever changed how artists and audiences alike create and consume music, helping build a limitless new world with his playful pop songs
"Our journey together was filled with moments of brilliance, heartbreak, laughter, complexity and most of all, LOVE"
"Today, one of my heroes died... so I'm gonna sing a song that I love"
"I think the most comforting thought right now is that you are reunited with Carl and Dennis, singing those beautiful harmonies again"
He also previously described the classic as “one of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it”
"The melodies he dreamed up and the emotions he poured into every note changed the course of music forever"
The creative visionary behind The Beach Boys has died at the age of 82
Bob Dylan, Elton John, Nancy Sinatra and more have led tributes to the "genius" and "true giant"