You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.

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, gift a relationship to someone rather destroy a relationship to someone .

Never modify your goals, amplify your might.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

You've got to know much more than the mere technicalities of notes. You've got to know sounds and what goes between the notes.

But nothing is more opaque than absolute transparency.

The rule I use is, If it doesn't come out of the ground looking the way it looks when you eat it, be careful. There's no such thing as a PowerBar tree.

The album for Fiddler really took off. I think it was a combination of John Williams and the score. It was a very classy big album.

Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!" "Oh. Of course.

The piano by its black and white keys always attracted me, my father showed me how to use... and slowly I got into playing.

For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.