If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.
I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.
I sing in a higher register, and you haven't heard that on the radio in years.
I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.
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 don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.
I did some research and tried to pull out some old, classic Van Halen that they had not played in 10 or 15 years. I think that was Sammy's mistake. I he didn't want to do the Dave stuff.
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.