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 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.

Some people come in our life as blessings. Some come in your life as lessons.

The first Rotarian was the first man to call John the Baptist Jack.

A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms.

The best gift anyone can give to a friend is to pray for him.

The road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.

Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.

I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame.

Each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.

I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo?

L.A.'s magic has let me see every level of the dream.