Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that's rock n roll.

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.

No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.

Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.

People that talk about living in the real world don't even enjoy living in the real world.

Sometimes when you're fighting, fighting, fighting, the mind needs some time off and you regroup and get back to normal.

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.

I do believe that some of these regulations made the markets more volatile, and it remains to be seen how bad that can be.

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.

He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons.