The bands I like are not obscure at all. Far from it.
I've got six solo albums. I've been round the world three times. I don't even think about the Roses.
I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever!
It's been an incredible experience, playing with Twisted Sister, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, jamming with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, and the list goes on and on and on.
One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.
I love bands like Queen, Zeppelin, The Beatles.
The Beatles will go on and on.
The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen.
Most of our great influences were male rockers, like Led Zeppelin.
I was asked to be in Elton John's band, Joni Mitchell's band, and Miles Davis' band. I couldn't do it.
I mean, gosh, my first tours I ever did were with the Ramones and Iggy Pop and Love & Rockets.
I got to see The Beatles a couple of times. In fact, I saw their last performance ever in San Francisco. The Beatles were massive to me - I learned so much from them.
My father was incredible on trumpet and played with the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
I've studied several guitar players and songwriters, mostly from Al di Meola to Dimebag Darrell, from Freddie Mercury of Queen to Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Bradley Nowell of Sublime.
You see a documentary, you want to see it on Aerosmith or Jon Bon Jovi or Kiss, a band that's been established and sold millions of records and done something notable.
The Rolling Stones were one of the best bands ever, and 'Sticky Fingers' is one of the best rock albums I've ever heard.
If you look at the history of popular music, the most successful musicians have started out being really marginal and esoteric. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Madonna. Prince. Bruce Springsteen. Fleetwood Mac. David Bowie. Public Enemy. Nirvana.
