My ambition is to further create a signature sound, a signature spirit, that makes some kind of contribution to music in general.

Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.

The best time is during the struggle. The top of the mountain is usually small, freezing and lonesome. To this day I'm continually reinvesting myself in something new. I'm not afraid to start as a beginner in anything.

I'm gonna abandon my spirit to them, which is actually what I attempt to do. You work yourself up into that state and you fall in supplication of the demon gods.

The most important part of any rock song is the guitar solo.

Ya know, I always admired Ray Kroc, the man who invented McDonald's. Ray had a vision of the most commonplace thing - a hamburger and fries to go - but to him it was just the greatest thing ever, and he was going to make it the greatest thing ever for everybody else, and he did.

People say that life is a cesspool of darkness and dispair. Well we of Van Halen are sailing through it in a yacht!