I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that. Sammy Hagar More Quotes by Sammy Hagar More Quotes From Sammy Hagar Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new. Sammy Hagar funny-birthdayhappy-birthdayyears When I did red, it was nine, and that was it for me. I said, "Here I am - nine is my number and red is my color, and I'm in business now." Sammy Hagar colorhere-i-amnumbers Stop looking out, start looking in. Be your own best friend. Stand up and say, hey, this is mine! Sammy Hagar heymines This is pop music. You've got a candidate for president of the United States using it, that's hitting the biggest audience you're ever going to hit in your entire friggin' life. And you don't want that? Bullshit. That's what you want. It's not even for success or fortune, it's because that's the power of the song. Sammy Hagar bullshitpresidentsong You could be in the gutter and fall in love with someone, and you feel great. That's my honest opinion. I've witnessed both sides of that fence and being in love is where it's at. Sammy Hagar being-in-lovefalling-in-lovelove-is I had been reading this book about Zen Koan philosophy, and it was talking about the right here and the right now, and how important it is, and I was really trying to get there in my life. Sammy Hagar readingphilosophybook So many things can get you high, I'm gonna try them all just once before I die. Sammy Hagar drugalcoholtrying Yes, I'm looking at you, looking at me, looking at you, looking at me, looking back at you. Sammy Hagar looking-backexplanation 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. Sammy Hagar rocksplaymen I've always been kind of a speed demon. Sammy Hagar speeddemonkind The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart. Sammy Hagar singingvoiceheart I've been drinking tequila for a long time now, and it's never been about drinking to get drunk. I don't do that. I never drink tequila during the day, and I don't drive at night. Sammy Hagar drinkingnightlong When I woke up from that dream, brother, I was like, "Okay, I've got to know what that was, what happened." That was not an average dream. I've had some dreams in my days, but not like that. It was way too vivid. Looking back, the reason that dream makes more sense today than it did then is, we are in a digital world. Back then, it was an analog world. Everything was digital in the dream. Sammy Hagar brotherdreamaverage Write me up for 125, poster my face wanted dead or alive. Take my license all that jive, I can't drive 55. Sammy Hagar lawwritingorder In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps. Sammy Hagar emssoulheart 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. Sammy Hagar rocksstarsyears I was kind of always attracted to red. I used to wear red socks a lot for some crazy reason. Sammy Hagar redcrazykind Those are the magical songwriting moments, when you have a partner that clicks like that. That's a dream come true, man. Sammy Hagar clicksdreammen To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do. Sammy Hagar singersguitarplayer I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being. Sammy Hagar alexsilentsong
