My Son, Wolfgang, Plays Drums, Guitars And

A Guitar Is A Very Personal Extension Of The Person Playing It. You Have To Be Emotionally And Spiritually Connected To Your Instrument. I'm Very Brutal On My Instruments, But Not All The Time.

The Name Van Halen, The Family Legacy, Is Going To Go On Long After I'm Gone.

The Stainless-steel Frets Were A Major Breakthrough, Because Of The Amount Of Playing And Bending That I Do. I Have To Get My Guitars Refretted Every Couple Of Months.

To Hell With The Rules. If It Sounds Right, Then It Is.

A Guitar Is Just Theoretically Built Wrong. Each String Is An Interval Of Fourths, And Then The B String Is Off. Theoretically, That's Not Right, All The Strings Should Be Off.