The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.

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

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

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

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

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 know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?

Sometimes I just want to lick David Lee Roth in the nuts

When you overcome fear, you will be strengthened by faith

For dhrames always go by conthraries my dear.

But Jesus and Christianity have a tenuous relationship at best.

I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.

When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.

I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death.

Donald Trump is a good businessman. He knows how to put the deal together. And I think he'd be a - he'll be a very constructive figure in the White House.

The best form of service is to uplift someone's state of mind.

We say that the truth will make us free. Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change.

Highly fed and lowly taught.