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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.

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Sammy Hagar
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 13
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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.
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The good thing about breaking up is that you have nothing else to lose.
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I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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I loved that song [Don't Tell Me], but man, it was dark. That song did nothing for Van Halen.
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That song [Don't Tell Me] didn't take us anywhere, and I know why now. It wasn't what Van Halen fans wanted. It showed the darkness of Van Halen, and basically the end of the band.
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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.
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When I want to go be Chickenfoot, I go out and I'm the artist. It's all musical.
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I'm writing my biography. It's my business. This is what happened in my life, and I'm writing about it.
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If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.
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I'm a co-writer, publisher of that song [Right Now ], so for it to get accepted, we had to sign off on it. I signed off in a second. You bet that anyone can use this. I don't care. You can use it for anything. If it is to inspire people in the positive sense.
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There are a lot of people going around where an alien took over their body, and their soul will actually leave and be, like, in a sleep or in a near-death situation.
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Write me up for 125, poster my face wanted dead or alive. Take my license all that jive, I can't drive 55.
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I'd say it [I Can't Drive 55] has probably been the most successful song I've ever been involved with, including any Van Halen songs.
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