The reason I didn't fly over from Maui at their beck and call is my wife was about to have a baby at any time. Those guys knew that. These guys would not compromise and meet me halfway.

Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.

I've always been kind of a speed demon.

I would like to enlighten people.

Those are the magical songwriting moments, when you have a partner that clicks like that. That's a dream come true, man.

It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.

We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.