“VH1 Classic is the destination for people who would be interested in a music talk show.”
“Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.”
“Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.”
“The power chords in 'Come Sail Away' were super heavy to me as a kid. Metal? No. Hard rock? At times, for sure.”
“I think that, for me, the great books like that, autobiographies, are great when the artists who write them throw caution to the wind and really put it out there as they saw it.”
“I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.”
“One thing I've learned, and I don't really blame anybody for this: most people who have a lot of money are the people that want to make money more than anyone. I've seen it with athletes, I've seen it with musicians, you know?”
“It's hard for people to realize now, but my gosh, when I was in school, you could not name a group that was less cool than Kiss. Going in to school with a Kiss T-shirt, you were asking for ridicule. In '77, they were one of the biggest bands in the world, but by '80, there was a severe backlash.”
“My father will go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra every single year. I mean, he's completely into it.”
“Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.”