Zur Hölle mit den Regeln! Wenn es richtig klingt, dann ist es das auch.
The hell with the rules! If it sounds right, then it is.
Training. Ich saß immer mit einem Sixpack auf meinem Bett. Mein Bruder ist um 7 losgezogen um auf Partys zugehen und Frauen flach zu legen und wenn er um 3 Uhr morgens zurück kam, saß ich immer noch dort und habe Gitarre gespielt. Das habe ich jahrelang gemacht - und mache es noch heute.
Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Schlitz Malt talls. My brother would go out at 7pm to party and get laid, and when he'd come back at 3am, I would still be sitting in the same place, playing guitar. I did that for years - I still do that.
Music is for people. The word 'pop' is simply short for popular. It means that people like it. I'm just a normal jerk who happens to make music. As long as my brain and fingers work, I'm cool.
There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different.
