Words matter. These are the best Sammy Hagar Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn’t be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package.
I don’t want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I’ve got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
I’m still raising kids myself, so I don’t feel like a grandpa.
It’s a good thing I don’t read everything Eddie says, or I’d be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
The reason I didn’t fly over from Maui at their beck and call is my wife was about to have a baby at any time. Those guys knew that. These guys would not compromise and meet me halfway.
To stay a great singer or guitar player, you’ve got to do it 24/7. That’s what I do.
In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang ’em, I gave myself goosebumps.
When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio musicians. I did it immediately. With the disappointment riding on my shoulders of the breakup of the band.
I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.
We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.
Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist.
I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
Sometimes you’re afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.
All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has changed. That’s kind of sad. If David was doing better than he used to be, then that would be different. But it was a joke and he made it that way.
I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
I’ve been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it’s never been about drinking to get drunk. I don’t do that. I never drink tequila during the day, and I don’t drive at night.
It’s hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he’s really limited to a style and they’re locked into it.
Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it’s sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.
Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
I’ve never done a box set, and Eddie’s full of it if he says otherwise.
If you don’t ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It’s like the marathon runner. You’ve got to run, run, run to stay in shape.
The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I’m singing directly from the heart.
I would like to enlighten people.
I didn’t think I’d be around 30 years later.
