Brian Wilson, whose death at age 82 was announced today, left a profound impact on pop music, record production and American culture.

“Everything Brian created is worth hearing and it all has a kind of historical value in terms of understanding his life,” said David Leaf, the Beach Boys historian who published “Smile: The Rise, Fall...

I always felt bad about that interview moment, not because Wilson even remembered it (we actually had a couple other interviews over the years which were fine) but because it seemed that this trouble...