Musical Evolutionary Process Quotes

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.

You have to grow with the music.

I've grown a lot since my first record came out - even since 'Back II da Basics' was released in 2005.

Music changes, and I'm gonna change right along with it.

Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.

I think the music that I'm writing and the stuff I'm going to do as I age will age.

You could say, 'Oh, we're gonna write the heaviest album of all time' or 'We're gonna write an album that sounds like 'Iowa.'' Even if we set out to try to do so, it would never compare. We're not those people anymore, we're not that band anymore.

There's been a progression in my sound.

Music really evolves as it goes along. It's an evolution.

Our music is becoming more mature.