Nobody sets out to make a bad record.

Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are in this band.

Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.

You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so youd better do some good while you are here.

Nobody sets out to make a bad record.

I look at Van Halen as social workers. What we're really doing is creating jobs for rock critics.

Theres nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.