Those are the magical songwriting moments, when you have a partner that clicks like that. That's a dream come true, man.

And for him [Kurt Cobain] to do that [suicide] - I didn't like that. I thought that was just wrong. It just sent a bad message to a troubled generation.

To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do.

I'm the only choice to make a record. And that's the only way I would do it. We'd have to make some new music. The fans deserve it. Van Halen's got some of the best fans on the planet.

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

I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa.

If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package.