�You do it one of two ways: either spectacle or personality.

�If you have spectacle, that�s great— that�s like the circus, a spectacle. But you�ve got to change that spectacle every year, people get bored quick. This is the �80s. I grew up on a heavy diet of television, as a kid and as a big kid. And it�s like there�s no dead space on television or radio, everything turns real quick. Every 10 minutes you�ve gotta have a commercial. And that�s how we write our songs, and that�s how we live our lives.�

—David Lee Roth, said in a Detroit hotel room, in 1980.

�Dave is a, quote unquote, star type of person. I�m a musician. That�s the difference. And he went off to be a star. And I wanted to continue making music, you know?

�And the best way to be a star is to be in the movies, right? So that�s what he�s pursuing.�

—Edward Van Halen, said in his backyard, by the pool, in late November, 1985.

Funny how things change, isn�t it?