When I Left Van Halen, I Went

When I Left Van Halen, I Went In The Studio And Made A Cd Called Marching To Mars With All Studio Musicians. I Did It Immediately. With The Disappointment Riding On My Shoulders Of The Breakup Of The Band.

Overall, We Had About 50 Meetings Where The Brothers Would Say That I Couldn't Do Any Solo Records, I Couldn't Write For Other People, I Couldn't Do This And I Couldn't Do That. These Guys Were Trying To Nail My Feet To The Ground.

I'm A Co-writer, Publisher Of That Song ["right Now" ], So For It To Get Accepted, We Had To Sign Off On It. I Signed Off In A Second. "you Bet That Anyone Can Use This. I Don't Care. You Can Use It For Anything." If It Is To Inspire People In The Positive Sense.

When I Did Red, It Was Nine, And That Was It For Me. I Said, "here I Am - Nine Is My Number And Red Is My Color, And I'm In Business Now."

I've Had My Fill Of "one Way To Rock" Or "i Can't Drive 55." Those Are Guy Songs To Me, And I'm Cool With That. But When You Write A Great Love Song And You Start Seeing That 50 Percent Of Your Audience Is Beautiful Women, That's Much More Rewarding, Than Having A Bunch Of Guys Out There.