I'd love to be abducted. I'd sit on my deck at home waiting all night long to be abducted. But that's never happened that I know of. Sammy Hagar More Quotes by Sammy Hagar More Quotes From Sammy Hagar Ted Templeman, the producer, and Donn Landee, the engineer, are the same team that signed Van Halen, when they were called Mammoth. Donn convinced them to change it to the last name of the guitar player and drummer. Sammy Hagar guitar team player 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. Sammy Hagar brother feet writing 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. Sammy Hagar vans successful song Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway. Sammy Hagar chicks falling-in-love sometimes I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything. Sammy Hagar couple fighting rise-above I've never met or spoken to David Lee Roth, yet it's rather ironic that even he's saying Eddie's lying about things. I'm saying he's not telling the truth, yet Eddie insists that the two of us are lying! You be the judge. Sammy Hagar judging two lying 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. Sammy Hagar soul sleep people 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. Sammy Hagar careers suicide children 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. Sammy Hagar singing voice running If you have a higher reason ... than just to make money... it will bring you longer fulfillment. And it won't feel like work. Sammy Hagar fulfillment making-money reason 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. Sammy Hagar solo artist opposites 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. Sammy Hagar writing song beautiful I would rather sing about my love affair or about a woman or to a woman than some guys any day. Sammy Hagar love-affair affair guy I've always been into writing love songs. Sammy Hagar writing-love writing song 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." Sammy Hagar work-out ideas thinking I'm writing my biography. It's my business. This is what happened in my life, and I'm writing about it. Sammy Hagar happened biographies writing I just have a vision of something, and it seems to go a long way. One thought goes a long way. Sammy Hagar vision long way I always liked a good love song and I dig being in love. Sammy Hagar good-love being-in-love song I had been in Africa for six weeks on a safari with my family. I said, "You know, I made a lot of money. I am getting kind of burned out. I really want to do something special." So I went on this extended trip to Egypt, Kenya, Sardinia - I really did it, man. I was coming home, and while I was gone, they changed the speed limit from 65 to 55. Sammy Hagar egypt home men The downloads, the licensing, commercials, radio - it's made me more money than any song I've ever written, and it only went to No. 26. It wasn't a big hit at all. But it's a career song ["I Can't Drive 55"]. Sammy Hagar radio careers song
