Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Alex Van Halen

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Alex Van Halen.

Last updated on April 18, 2025.

Alexander Arthur Van Halen, known as Alex Van Halen, is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen. The band was formed in 1972 by Alex Van Halen, his younger brother Eddie, David Lee Roth, and Mark Stone under the name "Mammoth" before adding Michael Anthony in 1974 and changing their name to Van Halen. Warner Bros. signed the band in 1977, and the band's debut album was released a year later. Prior to their disbandment in 2020, following Eddie's death, Van Halen released eleven more albums, and the brothers were the only two constant members of the band.

American - Musician | Born: May 8, 1953

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When you leave the planet, you leave music behind.

Alex Van Halen

Some things are impossible.

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It's unfortunate nine years were in between - you can't take that time back; you can't undo it.

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When the tour is done, that's the end of the U.S. tour. We'll regroup and see what we're going to do.

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

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There's nothing worse than having everybody thinking alike, talking alike and having the same direction in mind. It gets stale that way.

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Nobody sets out to make a bad record.

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Whatever our personal differences are, there are no bigger fans of this band than the people who are in this band.

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You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so you'd better do some good while you are here.

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Van Halen is a work in progress.

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Music is a dialogue.

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Yeah, we have our differences, but we put those aside, and now we're making music. It's great.

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We're very needy people, you know.

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Meaning that if you live in the moment, so to speak, we play today, and tonight we're done.

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There is a volatile mix, and that's because we're all intense. And there's no denying that.

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We're having a blast. Just four friends getting together.

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It's part of our nature. As much as I love (brother and guitarist Eddie), if you put us in a room with no one else for 15 minutes, we'd be at each other's throats.

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Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness.

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You don't leave behind box office scores or how many dollars changed hands.

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Sammy and I got together and it was like we hadn't missed a beat.

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