I was in school with Dweezil Zappa, Frank Zappa's son, and we had a band. Only in L.A. could stuff like that happen. We would hang out in Frank Zappa's studio, and we released a single in 1982 on his label. I was 12, and that was the first recording experience I had. To top it off, Eddie Van Halen produced it.

Greg Kurstin

I wouldn't mind meeting Eddie Van Halen. That would be great. We need to invite him to a race.

Al Unser

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

Alex Van Halen

Van Halen is a work in progress.

Alex Van Halen

I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

Alvin Lee

I can't deny that Eric Clapton's and Eddie Van Halen's lead stuff has influenced a stack of people, but for me, it's the rhythm thing that's way more impressive and important to a band.

Angus Young

So everybody is trying to play like Eddie Van Halen. I think it's rubbish. I think Eddie's great, but everyone's trying to do what he does and it doesn't make for a lot of interesting music.

Billy Squier

I've heard my share of Van Halen. I never liked rock.

Brad Paisley

Greg Ginn was certainly a huge influence on my guitar playing. I put him up there with people like Eddie Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen changed everything; I don't necessarily like everything he did, but he definitely changed everything.

Buzz Osborne

Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.

Chuck Eddy

Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.

David Lee Roth

When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.

Dierks Bentley

I got into rock music at thirteen, listening to Van Halen, learned how to play the electric guitar.

Dierks Bentley

Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.

Dimebag Darrell

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

Dimebag Darrell

My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.

Dimebag Darrell

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.

Dweezil Zappa

David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.

Eddie Van Halen

On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.

Eddie Van Halen

The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.

Eddie Van Halen

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

Eddie Van Halen