Most of the objections pertained to the lyrical content; the band members did not dislike the music itself. Mike Love said that he refused to sing some of the lyrics, although this was limited to "Hang On to Your Ego". On Love's reaction to the album, Jardine commented: "Mike was very confused ... Mike's a formula hound – if it doesn't have a hook in it, if he can't hear a hook in it, he doesn't want to know about it. ... I wasn't exactly thrilled with the change, but I grew to really appreciate it as soon as we started to work on it. It wasn't like anything we'd heard before." Dennis denied that the group disliked "Pet Sounds", calling the rumors "interesting". He said that there was "not one person in the group that could come close to Brian's talent" and "couldn't imagine who" would have resisted Brian's leadership. Carl said: "We knew this was good music. ... I loved every minute of it. He could do no wrong. He could play me anything, and I would love it."