It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen.

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.

If you can't do anything about it then let it go. Don't be a prisoner to things you can't change.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

The best revenge is true forgiveness.

This kid has more mood swings than a toddler's birthday party.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

By looking at the details of the DNA, it is possible to chart the flow of your ancestry from your ultimate grandmother to more modern times.

Psychology Today is probably one of my favorite magazines, Guitar, Guitar World. People.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.

There's a lot of psychological material that you inherit from your family.