Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

Nobody sets out to make a bad record.

— Alex Van Halen

I look at Van Halen as social workers. What we're really doing is creating jobs for rock critics.

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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.

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

On a personal level, we all get along fine.

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

Van Halen is a work in progress.

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

We're very needy people, you know.

— Alex Van Halen

Some things are impossible.

— Alex Van Halen

It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room with…

— Alex Van Halen

When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

Music is a dialogue.

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen

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

— Alex Van Halen