Alex Van Halen Quotes


"There is a volatile mix, and that's because we're all intense. And there's no denying that."
- Alex Van Halen
"You don't leave behind box office scores or how many dollars changed hands."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Office)

"You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Nothing)

"Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Music, Now)

"When you leave the planet, you leave music behind."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Music)

"Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are in this band."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: People, Fans)

"We're having a blast. Just four friends getting together."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Friends)

"Van Halen is a work in progress."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Work, Progress)

"There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Direction, Mind, Nothing, Talking, Thinking)

"When the tour is done, that's the end of the U.S. tour. We'll regroup and see what we're going to do."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: End)

"Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Consciousness)

"It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room with no one else for 15 minutes, we'd be at each other's throats."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Love, Nature)

"The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Will)

"Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we're done."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Meaning, Play, Today)

"Music is a dialogue."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Music)

"At our age, you don't want to stop."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Age, Want)

"Nobody sets out to make a bad record."
- Alex Van Halen
"On a personal level, we all get along fine."
- Alex Van Halen
"Sammy and I got together and it was like we hadn't missed a beat."
- Alex Van Halen
"Some things are impossible."
- Alex Van Halen
"It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it."
- Alex Van Halen
(Related: Time, Years)