“There is, of course, a chicken-and-egg element here: does someone gravitate to the role of Eddie van Halen because he shares similar personality traits or did portraying Eddie Van Halen give rise to those qualities?”

“The single-biggest proof that the Dixie Chicks are Van Halen is their audience; they are singing to the same teenage boys, except those boys are now teenage girls. ”

“Fame is not so impossible for people with charisma, passion and talent. Being famous just means you have fans, and even one or two is enough to make you someone special. Ask a music fan who the best guitarist of all time is, and while one group insists that it was Jimmi Hendrix, another group swears that it was Eddie Van Halen instead. There will never be a time when everyone on this planet agrees on something like that, but luckily that's not important. All that matters is that both sides remain loyal, which they will assuming you continue to be who you are and do your thing. This is all that you need to be immortalized.”

“Zirveye vardığında göreceksin ki halen küçücüksün!”

“Ieder obsessief en verslaafd gedrag is een vorm van mateloos consumptiegedrag. Consumeren is iets van buiten naar binnen halen, iets tot je nemen en verbruiken. Datgene wat je verbruikt noem ik voedsel. Het kunnen alcohol, drugs, geld, sigaretten, vrouwen of mannen zijn, die geconsumeerd worden, maar bij mij heet het allemaal voedsel. Anders valt het niet te begrijpen. Het gaat mij vooral om deze beweging van buiten naar binnen. Die is tegengesteld aan de emotie, aan de uitdrukking, aan het vertellen, aan het van binnen naar buiten brengen. En dat is verslaving ook. Ze is gericht op de vernietiging van een emotie, van kennis en van een ware zin.”

“You may be running short of create juice because you mind isn't interested. Eddie isn't naping because he's tired; he's napping because he's bored out of his mind. Drool is running down his chin. So wake him up. BAM! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM, EDDIE?! THERE'S A BODY ON THE KITCHEN TABLE?! WHAT'S GOING ON?!Eddie will jump out of his recliner in a panic. WHAT? A BODY?! AN EXPLOSION? WHY WOULD THE HOUSE EXPLODE? WHAT'S GOIND ON?!”