“Overall, we had about 50 meetings where the brothers would say that I couldn't do any solo records, I couldn't write for other people, I couldn't do this and I couldn't do that. These guys were trying to nail my feet to the ground.” PeopleWritingTryingGuyRecordsFeetBrotherMeetingsNailsSolo Author:Sammy Hagar
“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.” TryingYearsStillsGuyStarsRocksVansRock StarDaveWigsVan Halen Author:Sammy Hagar
“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.” MenPlayWholeGuyRocksWhole LifeRock Music Author:Sammy Hagar
“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.” HardGuyPlayerStyleGuitarLockedVansGuitar PlayerVan Halen Author:Sammy Hagar
“I'm a songwriter. I've got ideas in the closet that just didn't work out with my band, that I think, "This is a great idea, it's just the wrong guys."” ThinkingIdeasGuyBandWork OutSongwritersClosetsGreat IdeaWrong Guy Author:Sammy Hagar
“I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day.” GuyAffairLove Affair Author:Sammy Hagar
“I've had my fill of "One Way To Rock" or "I Can't Drive 55." Those are guy songs to me, and I'm cool with that. But when you write a great love song and you start seeing that 50 percent of your audience is beautiful women, that's much more rewarding, than having a bunch of guys out there.” WayWritingI CanBeautifulGuySongAudienceSeeingRocksPercentBunchOne WayBeautiful WomenGreat Love Author:Sammy Hagar
“I feel it's such a tragic thing [Kurt Cobain's suicide]. Here is a guy, a young guy, that had everything in his hands. He could have had a great life. He had a wife, he had a child, he had a fantastic career. He was important to a generation. And for him to do that - I didn't like that. I thought that was just wrong.” FeelsChildrenImportantHandsYoungGuyCareersWifeGenerationsSuicideFantasticTragicYoung GuysCobain Author:Sammy Hagar
“I wish I would have known Kurt Cobain. I would have been the first guy there to get him help, doing anything I could have. I just felt like the people around him kind of let him down.” PeopleFirstsKindHas BeensHelpingGuyWishFeltKnownCobain Author:Sammy Hagar
“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.” ReasonGuyFamilyWifeBabyMy WifeCompromiseHalfwayMauiBeck And Call Author:Sammy Hagar
