I'm A Songwriter. I've Got Ideas In

Every Year On Your Birthday, You Get A Chance To Start New.

It Took Me A Long Time To Put It To Use In Things, But The Name Of My Publishing Company Is Nine Music, And "red" Became My Theme Song.

Ruth Montgomery Had A Book I Was Reading Called Aliens Among Us. She Was An Automatic Writer. She Used To Go Into A Trance, And She Would Just Start Typing Information, And Then She Would Come Out Of Her Trance And Read It And Go, "wow," And That Was Just The Way She Wrote Her Books.

If I Would Have Ever Dreamed That I Wouldn't Be In Van Halen Anymore And Was Going To Have Resume My Solo Career Again, I Would Have Never Contributed Anything Towards My Own Greatest Hits Package.

Overall, We Had About 50 Meetings Where The Brothers Would Say That I Couldn't Do Any Solo Records, I Couldn't Write For Other People, I Couldn't Do This And I Couldn't Do That. These Guys Were Trying To Nail My Feet To The Ground.