Of course Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world but these films are exceptions judging from box office returns and press reviews.

Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood.

Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous and you're not sure what they got famous for.

People just assume that if you're famous you're in Hollywood.

You know most people they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds the Van Halen family.

I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.

Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.

My faith doesn't go over real well in Hollywood.

There is no middle ground in Hollywood you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.