A song without a hook is like a train without rails. It skitters all over the place, bangs into everything. Boom! Crash! There goes Grand Central Station. Crushed by a train.

What's missing is the testosterone. What's missing is the fury. What's missing is the passionate convicted commitment. And I got a lot of mine from my religious background. So y'all best stop imagining the way Dr. Zorba looked, or some defenseless Hasidic Jew with a little yarmulke on his head, 'cause that ain't here for you.

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

It dont matter WHAT your doin, ust as long as you LOOK GOOD doin it

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

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

I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're not only allowed that, but you're encouraged.