All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has changed. That's kind of sad. If David was doing better than he used to be, then that would be different. But it was a joke and he made it that way.

In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.

When I woke up from that dream, brother, I was like, "Okay, I've got to know what that was, what happened." That was not an average dream. I've had some dreams in my days, but not like that. It was way too vivid. Looking back, the reason that dream makes more sense today than it did then is, we are in a digital world. Back then, it was an analog world. Everything was digital in the dream.

I'm writing my biography. It's my business. This is what happened in my life, and I'm writing about it.

I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.

I loved that song ["Don't Tell Me"], but man, it was dark. That song did nothing for Van Halen.

I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day.