Carnie Wilson, the Beach Boys, John Cusack, John Stamos, Elizabeth Banks, and more paid tribute to Brian Wilson following the 'God Only Knows' songwriter's death: 'The world mourns a genius today.'

“Brian Wilson was always so kind to me from the day I met him,” John said. “He sang ‘Someone Saved My Life Tonight’ at a tribute concert in 2003, and it was an extraordinary moment for me. I played on his solo records, he sang on my album, The Union, and even performed for my AIDS Foundation.”

"The Beach Boys were the soundtrack of my summers," iconic author Stephen King writes as he remembers the music legend.

John Cusack and Ronnie Wood lead tributes to Beach Boys star - Tributes are pouring in for the pioneering musician

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define American pop music, has died.

And though in the ’80s section of the film Wilson says hearing “Sloop John B” destroys his brain, he says there are no Beach Boys songs now that he wouldn’t want to hear again. Cusack ...