When people don't get enough information, they make it up.

In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.

I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.

You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.

It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen.

I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.