If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your ….

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

Bass is for people who can't play guitar.

Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass!.

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 bru….

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've only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing..

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters..

Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock ….

I'm just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?.

It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I'm just so blessed..

Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that feeling is just about the most im….

I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alo….

Everything comes to me while I'm sitting on the pot..

It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different..

The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone..

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

You only have 12 notes. Do what you want with them..

There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release..

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