In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.
That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.
Part of me has certainly been motivated by wanting to take a stand against the restrictions that made Mother give up so much.

