People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage.

You've got to roll with the punches to get to what's real.

If you put a Van Halen album in your record collection, it will melt all the rest of your records.

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.

My visions and fantasies are pretty standard. The only difference is I got to do it, while most of us haven't. Beyond that, I'm a pretty standard guy. Give me a gal with a sense of humor, acidic wit, who's read a few books and has a body like a Swedish speed skater, and I'm quite content.

He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.

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