"You can be a jazz player and be respected by musicians, but the rest of the world doesn’t care. [...] We’re going to play a game: name a jazz player that means something."

"Van Halen didn’t have much in common with The Clash or the Sex Pistols, but the Californians’ brand of ‘Atomic Punk’ had the same urgency as the London punks."

"We’re playing the 80s. Other bands are still playing the 70s."

"The date on the sleeve says 1978, but a cursory listen to Van Halen’s debut tells you that it is, by some distance, the greatest guitar album of the 1980s. [...] Listening to it is a joyful experience, and that love of music gave meaning to every note they played."

"Def Leppard sounds so fuckin' great live because there's so much space in their music — kicks, snare, boom — and stuff really moves and it all jives with the others. It's exciting, and it sounds great, and you can sing the song. It's not overdone."

""Hysteria," as quoted by Thom Donovan of '"

"The drummer lost an arm and kept going. That’s metal as you know what."

"When I was in eighth grade there was a movie called Willard, about a rat, and I fell in love with rats. I wanted one … so one guy suggested that I call Hershey Medical Center … So I called and they said … "What experiment is it for?" I said, "I don't wanna experiment on it, I just want it for a pet!" And they said, "Well, we can't do that." … About two weeks later, I go out to the mailbox, and there's this thing from the [American Anti-Vivisection Society]. Lo and behold, I'm looking through all these different experiments and I see a rat there, spread wide open, and it said some of the experiments [were] done at Hershey med center. So boom! I put two and two together, and I decided to do a report in school about it. I took advanced bio and you had to dissect cats, and I started [asking] questions, "Where'd the cat come from?", and that really ruffled some feathers. "I'm not gonna do this, you know." So basically I got thrown out of advanced bio. From that point on I became an antivivisectionist. … [Things] are changing. When I went vegetarian it was really hard on the road, and that was just eight years ago. And I see people doing it twenty, twenty-five years, traveling, and it's like, wow! … I think on a very basic level people wanna do the right thing. And if we continue to focus on that part of them that wants to do the right thing, we can win maybe at the next generation or the one after that."

"Trick or treat, sweet to eat On Halloween and New Years Eve. Yankee girls you just can't be beat, But they're the best when they're off their feet."

"The blade of my knife Faced away from your heart. Those last few nights It turned and sliced you apart. This love that I tell Now feels lonely as hell From this padded prison cell."

"He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood. He's the one that makes ya feel alright. He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood."

"He'll tell you he's the king Of these Barrio streets, Moving up to Shangri La. Came by his wealth as a matter of luck, Says he never broke no law. Two time loser running out of juice, Time to move out quick. Heard a rumour going round, Jimmy's going down, This time it's gonna stick."

"When I get high I get high on speed Top fuel funny car's A drug for me My heart, my heart Kickstart my heart Always got the cops Coming after me Custom built bike doing 103 My heart, my heart Kickstart my heart"

"When we started this band All we needed, needed was a laugh Years gone by... I'd say we've kicked some ass When I'm enraged Or hittin' the stage Adrenaline rushing Through my veins And I'd say we're still kickin' ass."

"Ooo, ahh, kickstart my heart Hope it never stops And to think, we did all of this... To rock"

"All, all around the world, Girls will be girls. It's the same old, same old situation. It's the same old, same old ball and chain."

"Seasons must change, Separate paths, separate ways. If we blame it on anything, Let's blame it on the rain. I knew it all along I'd have to write this song. Too young to fall in love, Guess we knew it all along."

"Scream and shout, Rip that mother out. You just gotta say "hey" Primal scream and shout."

"Everybody wants a piece of the action, Everybody wants a piece of the pie."

"Oh life it's misunderstood them, So they close their eyes And dream of better days. Oh life it's misunderstood yeah. Life's not always fair or so they say."

"Do you, do you want to bleed? Do you, do you want to live in vain?"

"Decked out like an hourglass, Ammonia and a razor blade. Things were just okay until she Fell in love with cocaine."

"Bashful Betty such a bondage brat, Dressed in latex and coated in sewer rats. A serpent's tongue, calculating mind, Gets top dollar for the hip shake divine. Look to the sky, There's no rain in sight. Better wear your rubber boys If Betty is your date tonight."

"Tonight I saw your face up in the stars Stumbled here to paint you on my arm. There's something that I need to say to you, So I wrote this song. Because you belong Right here on my new tattoo."

"We are, we are the saints, we signed our life away. Doesn't matter what you think, were gonna do it anyway. We are, we are the saints, one day you will confess And pray to the saints of Los Angeles."

"Without you in my life I'd slowly wilt and die. But with you by my side, You're the reason I'm alive. But with you in my life, You're the reason I'm alive."

"No, no You better turn me loose, You better set me free. Because I'm hot, young, running free, A little bit better than I used to be."

"Living on a jet, Making love to someone else's dreams. Say it again. She puts her leg up. Well, calls it good luck. Do you know what I mean? Do you remember? Well I remember."

"He's the wolf screaming lonely in the night, He's the blood stain on the stage. He's the tear in your eye, Been tempted by his lie."

"Now listen up She's razor sharp. If she don't get her way, Well, she'll tear you apart. Now she's a cool, cool black And she moves like a cat. If you don't get her game, You might not make it back."

"You say our love Is like dynamite. Open your eyes, It's like fire and ice. Well you're killing me, Your love's a guillotine. Why don't you just set me free?"

"You know that I've seen Too many romantic dreams, Up in lights, Falling off the silver screen. My heart's like an open book For the whole world to read. Sometimes nothing Keeps me together At the seams."

"Kneel down you sinners to streetwise religion, Greed's been crowned the new king. Hollywood dream teens, yesterday's trash queens Save the blessings for the final ring, amen."

"Every rose has its thorn Just like every night has its dawn Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song. Every rose has its thorn."

"Don't need nothin' but a good time How can I resist Ain't lookin' for nothin' but a good time And it don't get better than this."

"Win big, mama's fallen angel Lose big, livin' out her lies Wants it all, mama's fallen angel Lose it all, rollin' the dice of her life."

"It's better to have lost at love Than never to have loved at all."