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

I don't want to try to force anything, because I'm really happy with Chickenfoot; my new record with them is phenomenal.

The good thing about breaking up is that you have nothing else to lose.

I really think that Van Halen has two choices if they want to continue. And maybe they don't want to continue, because they don't seem to do much.

I was going through troubles with my marriage, and I was just trying to focus and center myself. I was already rich and famous. I've got to figure out where I want to go and just get this thing aimed. I wrote this song ["Right Now"] and I kept singing it every day .

Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for other people, I couldn't do this and I couldn't do that. These guys were trying to nail my feet to the ground.