Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
Eddie Van HalenOn 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.
Eddie Van HalenIt's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.
Eddie Van HalenI mean it's funny, playing music, how of course you want it to do well, you want them to like it, but it's not competitive like an election, it's the Olympics, it's not a Formula 1 race. The Billboard charts are just to show you what people like.
Eddie Van Halen