In defense of Love, Asher said that "he never was critical about what album "was", he was just saying it wasn't right for the Beach Boys." He said that Jardine voiced the same concerns. Brian believed the band was worried about him separating from the group, and elaborated: "it was generally considered that the Beach Boys were the main thing ... with "Pet Sounds", there was a resistance in that I was doing most of the artistic work on it vocally". Love wrote that he "would have liked to have had a greater hand in some of the songs and been able to incorporate more often my 'lead voice,' which we'd had so much success with." Brian acknowledged that he had taken up most of the vocals "because I thought, in a way, I wanted people to know it was more of a Brian Wilson album than a Beach Boys album." He said the conflicts were resolved when his bandmates "figured that it was a showcase for Brian Wilson, but it's still the Beach Boys. In other words, they gave in. They let me have my little stint."