Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.

Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist.

I've always been kind of a speed demon.

It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into 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 had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.

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