If you have a higher reason ... than just to make money... it will bring you longer fulfillment. And it won't feel like work.

The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart.

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

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.

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.

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

When I did red, it was nine, and that was it for me. I said, "Here I am - nine is my number and red is my color, and I'm in business now."