The tours are campaigns.

Being in the studio, it's more of a controlled environment, where you can be Salvador Dali and sit back and look at the painting. And you can go, 'Ah, you know what? Maybe a little bit more red over here...maybe add some blue over here.' You can sit back and look at the painting.

Whatever it is you love, and whatever it is that you want to do, that's what you should be doing.

You never toot your own horn.

You have to have passion for anything you do. Whether it's sports, whether it's music, whether you want to be Mother Theresa, you have to have passion for what it is you do, or what's the point in getting up in the morning and getting out of bed?

You have to have passion for what you're doing.

Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.