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 had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.

That song ["Don't Tell Me"] didn't take us anywhere, and I know why now. It wasn't what Van Halen fans wanted. It showed the darkness of Van Halen, and basically the end of the band.

If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.

This is pop music. You've got a candidate for president of the United States using it, that's hitting the biggest audience you're ever going to hit in your entire friggin' life. And you don't want that? Bullshit. That's what you want. It's not even for success or fortune, it's because that's the power of the song.

I've never done a box set, and Eddie's full of it if he says otherwise.

I think love could have saved Kurt Cobain.