"Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending."

"Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves."

"What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting."

"Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference."

"Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I'm going to be married and buried there."

"The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone."

"I went to watch my father at Silverstone in the early 1950s, and I've still got the car he was in."

"My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path."