Van Halen Quotes
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Am I awake or dreaming? It doesn’t matter anymore. When I close my eyes I dream of death and war. When I open my eyes I see death and war.
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I used to have a drug problem, but now I have enough money.
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I always liked a good love song and I dig being in love.
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An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance...
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Everybody has weird dreams, but a usual weird dream is, okay, so your mom's driving a car and she's a dog.
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I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.
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Stick your head above the crowd and eventually somebody will throw a rock at it.
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Some things are impossible.
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Many of the critics have kids of their own. It scares the hell out of them to think that their kids could be anything remotely like David Lee Roth.
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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.
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"Rock Candy" was my first record. I had never been in a studio, so I was in shock and I had no idea if it was great or if it stunk. I was just putting in my heart and soul, and closing my eyes and keeping my fingers crossed. I gave it everything.
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I'm just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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The downloads, the licensing, commercials, radio - it's made me more money than any song I've ever written, and it only went to No. 26. It wasn't a big hit at all. But it's a career song ["I Can't Drive 55"].
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It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if it's outer space or pop, the spirit is the same.
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I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.
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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.
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If your going to learn to play lead guitar, get an electric guitar .. it doesn't have to be an expensive one .. acoustic guitars aren't good for learning lead, because you can't play up very high on the neck and they take heavier-gauge strings which makes it hard to bend notes
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I really think that Van Halen has two choices if they want to continue. And maybe they don't want to continue, because they don't seem to do much.
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I don't get all the women that I want... I get all the women that want me.
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I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day.
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I think the two most difficult things to deal with in life are failure and success...
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So many things can get you high, I'm gonna try them all just once before I die.
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I'm a songwriter. I've got ideas in the closet that just didn't work out with my band, that I think, "This is a great idea, it's just the wrong guys."