You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.

Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.

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

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

You gotta learn the alphabet, backwards and forwards. And then the choice is yours, 'cause last I looked, the Bible is written in the same words, the exact same alphabet, as my favorite pornography. Choice is yours.

Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello

The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.