You are in a state of mixing, and you just live with it. There is not one musician who is completely happy with a mix.

I have a little history. I met Stone Temple Pilots, and their guitar player was a huge Extreme fan. Somewhere down the road, Extreme made its statement.

I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.

Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.

When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.

You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype.

The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

I sing in a higher register, and you haven't heard that on the radio in years.

In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate.

Time's a goon right? Isn't that the expression?

If words are to enter men's minds and bear fruit, they must be the right words shaped cunningly to pass men's defenses and explode silently and effectually within their minds.

..and why the winter suns so rush to bathe themselves in the seaand what slows down the nights to a long lingering crawl...

I've spent more on my Dodger tickets that I did on my car.

Cooking is always very romantic!

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking leads to knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.

I talk to my parents everyday and every move that I make, every endorsement that I do, every film that I do and my everyday activities are all discussed with them.

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.

Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.

There is more to loving someone than just making yourself happy. You have to want him to be happier than you are.