If aliens came down and challenged us to a Battle of the Bands to decide the fate of Planet Earth, I would feel very confident putting early Van Halen forward as our champion.

Paul Ryan's love for Rage Against The Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades

A good song should make you wanna tap your foot and get with your girl. A great song should destroy cops and set fire to the suburbs. I'm only interested in writing great songs.

A musicians or artists responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth.

Music, I think, is best when it honestly explores personal demons, and it stirs around in the silt of the psyche to find out what's really there.

My music is made for the people who are willing to stand up to change this world themselves.

Bad presidents make for great music, and I'm gonna do my best to provide it.

When you wanna rock hard, children, lean on F#.

There's a lot of injustice in the world and it's what I sing about in my music and what I try to confront in my life as an activist.

Sacrifice and neon lights, Slaveships don't wait, Love many, trust few, And don't be late...

Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations are a potent force to fight for social justice.

The level of consciousness defines the level of understanding and awareness.

The greatest wonderful feeling is falling in love.

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

The work that we do is so tricky because it rests on our shoulders, but it's also collaborative and part of it is trusting the people that you're working with.

His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should.

In any other job, they're truck drivers. In show-biz, they're Transportation Captains.

I don't have any pangs to where I want to be with the Broncos.

I don't think you ever leave Star Trek for good.

I realize that I am never going to grow up.

You want the world to be set up for you, but sometimes it just isn't.