He became the first member of a major pop group to win creative control of the records, ... He was the writer, the chief composer, the arranger and producer of The Beach Boys records in 1963. That was unprecedented.

We were moving the ball well, cutting and making good passes. We weren't out of control at all and it just opened up for me.

It barely took any time at all (for him to fit in). We knew he would be the exclamation point on all the players we have.

The Beatles respected their audience,

What you will hear in his words is that Brian was not only the musician who was most influential in driving The Beatles in a more artistic and advanced direction musically, but that the 'Sgt. Pepper' album in particular was a direct outgrowth of Brian's productions of 'Pet Sounds' and 'Good Vibrations,'

We changed the defense in the second and they didn't respond to it.