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

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.

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

A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.

Your attitude defines your personality. Your personality refines your attitude. Together they make up your character.

If people ever question your loyalty, you never had theirs.

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

Most public bathrooms now have automatic toilet sensors. People can't even be trusted to flush.

Understanding someone, and loving him despite that understanding, is a trait more often found in angels than in mankind.

In my race, theres 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and its what you do, you know.

The world of reason is to be regarded as a great and immortal being, who ceaselessly works out what is necessary, and so makes himself lord also over what is accidental.

who is invisible enough to see you

One might say I have decided to marry the silence of the forest. The sweet dark warmth of the whole world will have to be my wife.

Learners are doers, not recipients.