Famous fans tweet love for late Chuck Berry

Musicians and famous fans are toasting the late Chuck Berry on Twitter, after news broke Saturday that the rock 'n' roll pioneer died at age 90.

Mick Jagger's message was longer than 140 characters. "I am so sad to hear of Chuck Berry's passing. I want to thank him for all the inspirational music he gave to us," wrote Jagger. "He lit up our teenage years, and blew life into our dreams of being musicians and performers. His lyrics shone above others & threw a strange light on the American dream. Chuck you were amazing & your music is engraved inside us forever."

Bruce Springsteen also needed more than one tweet to talk about Berry. "Chuck Berry was rock's greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock 'n' roll writer who ever lived. This is a tremendous loss of a giant for the ages," he said.

Bill Clinton reminisced about Berry playing both of his inaugurations.

"He inspired us all," Rod Stewart tweeted.

"One of my big lights has gone out," said Keith Richards.

Stevie Van Zandt wrote that Berry "was not only Rock's 1st guitar player and best storyteller he was Rock's 1st advocate."

"Chuck Berry rolled over everyone who came before him – and turned up everyone who came after," tweeted Barack Obama.

Berry "rocked the world," Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote.

"None of us would have been here without you," Lenny Kravitz wrote on Instagram.

Stephen King wrote that "90 years old ain't bad for rock and roll. Johnny B. Goode forever."

Bootsy Collins said that Berry "changed frequencies."

Bette Midler was grateful for "the rocking good times."

Keith Urban thanked the guitarist, singer and songwriter for "the poetry, the passion and the potency."

Questlove hailed him as THE rock god.

Huey Lewis called Berry "maybe the most important figure in all of rock and roll," and Randy Jackson thanked him for being "the greatest rock and roll pioneer of all time."

Ringo Starr paid his respects by playing Berry's music.

Rush thanked "one of the original rock and roll guitar legends" for his music.

"Chuck Berry merged blues & swing into the phenomenon of early rock ’n’ roll," tweeted The Jacksons. "In music, he cast one of the longest shadows."

L.A. Reid shared a similar tribute. "Music was changed forever by Chuck Berry’s groundbreaking impact," he wrote. "What a great life in music."

Brian Wilson said, "He will be missed by everyone who loves Rock 'n Roll."

Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow said in a statement, "Chuck Berry was arguably the founding father of rock and roll. Not just because he was one of its greatest songwriters and established some of electric guitar's earliest and most memorable riffs, but also because he was one of music's most palpably exciting entertainers and biggest personalities."