American Quotes

You don't leave behind box office scores or how many dollars changed hands.

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.

We're very needy people, you know.

We're having a blast. Just four friends getting together.

There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.

Some things are impossible.

Sammy and I got together and it was like we hadn't missed a beat.

On a personal level, we all get along fine.

Nobody sets out to make a bad record.

Music is a dialogue.

Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we're done.

At our age, you don't want to stop.

You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here.

Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.

When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.

Van Halen is a work in progress.

There is a volatile mix, and that's because we're all intense. And there's no denying that.

The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen.

It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it.

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.

Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are in this band.

Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.

What's fascinating about D.C., the exteriors are these elaborate structures, this gorgeous architecture and beautiful stonework, and then you go inside and it's crap-looking - apart from the White House, which is beautiful.

What would be a show that I would rescue? If I could bring anything back, it would be 'The Carol Burnett Show'. Tim Conway is just... I just watched him so many times do stuff over and over. He's just so amazing.

There are things that can only be said with a good string of cussing. I'm definitely fond of a few choice words. They say things that nothing else can say. Gotta love it.

The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

The Eisenhower Building - the furniture is mismatched; everything is just bad decor and bad quality. Everybody's looking down at their Blackberry. It's a really frantic, mismatched environment. But on the exterior, it's this whitewashed, gorgeous building. It's a fascinating contrast.

My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.

Look, if I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

It's very rare to have rehearsal time on a television show: You get scripts, you show up, and you do it.