I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.
I think we've established a convention on the show that allows us to do pretty much anything we want to.
To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your name in perpetuity, the fact that your parents are like icons... that's the greatest thing.