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

Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.
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 no one else for 15 minutes, we'd be at each other's throats.
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

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

Music is a dialogue.
Alex Van Halen

Nobody sets out to make a bad record.
Alex Van Halen

On a personal level, we all get along fine.
Alex Van Halen

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

Some things are impossible.
Alex Van Halen


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

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

Van Halen is a work in progress.
Alex Van Halen

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

We're very needy people, you know.
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

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

When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.
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