I was always one of those guys who was a seeker after truth. I want to know what's going on.

It's very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can't hear the inflections in your voice.

As a musician, I look for certain things that stimulate me. And what I look for is something that's an evolution on a particular genre that I never heard before.

The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune.

You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made.

A good solo is like a book. It will start out in a phrase, it will go on in paragraphs, and then it will have a great ending.

When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper.