A guitar is just theoretically built wrong. Each string is an interval of fourths, and then the B string is off. Theoretically, that's not right, all the strings should be off.

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.

To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

It's always about the music, never about anything else.

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?

Sometimes I just want to lick David Lee Roth in the nuts

Healing from a loss doesn't happen on schedule.You need to give the head and heart time to catch up with the reality.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

What's important is the ambition that results from our weakness.

It was the helplessness that scared the both of us.

When we realize every moment is sacred, we understand that every footstep is sacred, too.

One great cause of failure is lack of concentration.

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.

[Neurotics are] torn by inner conflicts ... Every neurotic ... is at war with himself.

In life or in football, touchdowns rarely take place in seventy yard increments. Usually it's three yards and a cloud of dust.

Remember that God under the Law ordained a Lamb to be offered up to Him every Morning and Evening.