You ever notice how when you get a new tattoo, it's like a magnet? People are drawn to it, everybody wants to touch it?
Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I've seen him play with The Who and with Pete Townshend on his own - a really great drummer.
I drink Jack Daniel's. I drink tequila. But you do it in moderation.
My father played music, so I was always around music, even from the time I was born. My father actually was the one that originally got me into music.
Like music, cooking and more specifically, barbecuing is one of my greatest passions and my sauce is a celebration of these simple pleasures in life. I am thrilled to have my original BBQ sauces featured on Hard Rock's menu, as both embody the true meaning of rock 'n' roll flavor.
Why would I have quit Van Halen? It never happened.
I hate to exercise.
I always had to have music in my cars.
I played trumpet in school at an early age.
I don't collect things for the sake of collecting. I don't really see the point.
The casinos are always packed and a little more intimate... We have a lot of fun playing those and we plan to bring all the craziness that we do. And I gotta tell you, they pay really well.
My best exercise is going on stage and playing, but I stay active. I don't just sit around on my butt all day and do nothing.
Everyone used to call me 'Mr. Switzerland.' I'm not the kind of guy who smack talks anybody or whatever.
So much of the time people focus on the awesome power of Led Zeppelin, the whole 'Hammer of the Gods' thing, but John Paul Jones, probably because he was a session player, he put a lot of thought into his playing. He didn't just lumber through.
It's an honor to be brought into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and I'm going to show up if I'm invited, you know?!
A Tennessee Squire is an elite group of people.
I didn't have any money to buy a car, so when I got my license I did not have a car at first.
For some reason, my voice doesn't age. I can still hit those high harmonies just like I did back in the day.
Chad Smith is a member of Chickenfoot, and that's that.
It wasn't until the fourth or fifth Van Halen record that people would go, 'Wow! You're singing backgrounds on those records. That's not David Lee Roth.' And I go, 'Hell, no! That's not David Lee Roth.'
