When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio.

When you can spell subpoena without thinking about it, that's when you know you've made it.

Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.

Music videos are like girlfriends. I'm constantly amazed on what other people doing

I would just like to say that after all these years of heavy drinking, bright lights and late nights, I still don't need glasses. I drink right out of the bottle.

Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello.

I think the two most difficult things to deal with in life are failure and success