Tribute Quotes

“John Ritter was a comedic genius. He was a gift.”

“Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.”

“Roy was a dreamer. He was a great big boy.”

“Elvis was a great person. He was a kind person. He was a sweet person. He was a loving person.”

“He was so dear, so sweet, so funny... he had a great sense of humor.”

“Justice Scalia was a giant. He had a transforming effect on the law and on the way we think about the law.”

“I am the egg man, they are the egg men. I am the walrus.”

“He was the man with the quiet determination to do the right thing in the national interest.”

“Mandela has been a shining beacon of hope and inspiration for decades. He is a living legend.”

“Ian Curtis was a great lyricist, a great frontman, and a great friend.”

“Michael was a great brother. He was a great person.”

“Michael was a wonderful, kind, and loving person. He was a great brother.”

“My brother Michael was a genius. There's nobody like him.”

“Alex Trebek was the perfect host. He was the master of that domain.”

“Mike Love is the engine of the touring Beach Boys. He's the one who keeps it all going.”

“Stan [Lee] was the single most important figure in comics.”

“This great son of the world, Madiba, showed us the way.”

“Jerry [Garcia] was the sun, and we were the planets revolving around him.”

“Jeff Buckley was like a comet. He burned so brightly and was gone too soon.”

“Jim was a poet. He was a shaman. He was a rock star. And he was my brother.”