You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.

I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again.

When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.

There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.

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

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

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