Top 40 Michael Anthony Quotes

I’m trying to grow old gracefully. I’ve got to at least grow old.

People tend to forget you. I didn’t want people to go, ‘That is that guy that used to play in Van Halen. What’s his name again?’

I am in a great place with Chickenfoot.

Oh, I just love playing music.

As far as people saying, ‘Do you miss Van Halen?’ or any of that kind of stuff, I’ve totally moved on.

Being a bass player in these big-time rock bands is hard work.

I don’t want any drama.

I always had to have music in my cars.

Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I’ve seen him play with The Who and with Pete Townshend on his own – a really great drummer.

I had a great time playing on ‘1984.’ I felt like I was growing as a player and background singer.

You know, we’re in this business to have fun and entertain.

You can only go with the excesses to a certain point; it wasn’t always the Jack Daniels bottle. We weren’t just a bunch of sloppy musicians on stage drinking; we would critique every show.

I drink Jack Daniel’s. I drink tequila. But you do it in moderation.

Chickenfoot is phenomenal. I can’t believe the music we’re making.

I can sing, but I consider myself a bass player. I’m, you know, a musician first.

Joe Satriani is a methodical, and structured, kind of guy – thank God for that.

You can be a supergroup without having good songs.

Lead singers, they’re their own breed.

I always said to my wife, ‘That’s for sissies. Girls get facials.’ The first time I tried it I said, ‘Oh man, what the hell have I been missing all these years.’ Let me tell you, I go in there for about an hour and a half, and the girl does my facial and also massages my neck and my arms.

Like music, cooking and more specifically, barbecuing is one of my greatest passions and my sauce is a celebration of these simple pleasures in life. I am thrilled to have my original BBQ sauces featured on Hard Rock’s menu, as both embody the true meaning of rock ‘n’ roll flavor.

It’s weird because it almost takes something like Chickenfoot to make me realize why I was playing music in the first place. And that’s to have fun.

God, what can I say about Chickenfoot that hasn’t already been said?

Why would I have quit Van Halen? It never happened.

I’ll sing backgrounds, but a lead singer, you know, you’ve got to have that mentality and personality. I’d rather be the bass guy.

I’m always the guy that says never say never.

You ever notice how when you get a new tattoo, it’s like a magnet? People are drawn to it, everybody wants to touch it?

I didn’t have any money to buy a car, so when I got my license I did not have a car at first.

I’m the kind of guy who has your back. When you want to go off and solo for ten minutes, I keep that groove going. It’s an important job.

My father played music, so I was always around music, even from the time I was born. My father actually was the one that originally got me into music.

Chad Smith is a member of Chickenfoot, and that’s that.

Everyone used to call me ‘Mr. Switzerland.’ I’m not the kind of guy who smack talks anybody or whatever.

The chemistry is everything in a band.

I want to keep my sanity.

I always want harmony within the band. I want it to work.

The casinos are always packed and a little more intimate… We have a lot of fun playing those and we plan to bring all the craziness that we do. And I gotta tell you, they pay really well.

I loved Van Halen; I loved everything we did.

We’re having so much fun with the Chickenfoot stuff.

So much of the time people focus on the awesome power of Led Zeppelin, the whole ‘Hammer of the Gods’ thing, but John Paul Jones, probably because he was a session player, he put a lot of thought into his playing. He didn’t just lumber through.

I’ve always been a natural singer on stage and in the studio – never had a vocal lesson in my life.

When we were in the studio working stuff out, and even when we were on stage, the music was a priority.