In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen.
I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.
I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.
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.
I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.
I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again.
I take my ideas from my experiences.
Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man and brute.
Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough.
I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate.