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.


Sammy Hagar

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Van Halen is a work in progress.
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Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.
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When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.
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It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen.
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The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.
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Eddie Van Halen is certainly one of the top innovative virtuosos in history.
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Without a doubt, Eddie Van Halen is the greatest guitar player who has ever lived.
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It was a white A-Team van, and because it had no windows, it was hot as crap. It had a big flower sp...
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I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents...
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Amy was on the right side, but they came to me with the idea of her going to the other side (with Cl...
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If it had been me out there, I'd had bitten him his ear off. I'd have Van Gogh'ed him.
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I pulled up next to him to tell him to stop and he tried to hit me with his van.
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They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day.
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Explain it to me."
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Halen pinned all of his competitors in less than 30 seconds.
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The problem with me is that nothing embarrasses me.
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I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch ...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect few...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy n...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch ...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
I've done some things I wish I could erase. . . . I invented mistakes. But the mistakes must be seen...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
You want to see the boy next door?...(then) don't go see Michael Jackson, because he ain't the boy n...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could nev...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
The voices in my head does not likes attitude of some people. I know how to defend myself, but I do ...
SAMMY TOORA POWERLIFTER
The ultimate mystery is one's own self.
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
We can’t answer King’s assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay...
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone aro...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
There's nothing that can match Broadway for stature and dignity.
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.
Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the swee...
SAMMY DAVIS, JR.