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.

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!

You know what rock musicians are? They are hung up, neurotic, over-weight hippies with sex problems.

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

I used to have a drug problem, but now I have enough money.

I think very frequently, musicians become a victim of every song they sing. I like all kinds of recreation. It's aggressive. I want to be part of everything.