It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen. Gary Cherone More Quotes by Gary Cherone More Quotes From Gary Cherone I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs. Gary Cherone musicqueenssong In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate. Gary Cherone suicidewritingphilosophy I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20. Gary Cherone rockswritingsong I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again. Gary Cherone rocksplayerthinking We weren't One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits. Gary Cherone wonder I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record. Gary Cherone recordsjazzenough You are in a state of mixing, and you just live with it. There is not one musician who is completely happy with a mix. Gary Cherone mixingmusicianstates I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from. Gary Cherone conceptsbigsfans Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone. Gary Cherone mosssoundhands Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that's rock n roll. Gary Cherone rock-n-rollrocks You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype. Gary Cherone stereotypebreakpeople When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story. Gary Cherone rocksdifferentkings When people don't get enough information, they make it up. Gary Cherone informationenoughpeople If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record. Gary Cherone recordsdifferentthinking My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one. Gary Cherone recordshearttwo There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you. Gary Cherone singingsongpeople When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me. Gary Cherone rangehittingnotes You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio. Gary Cherone garagedifferencessong The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones. Gary Cherone guitarvoiceplayer Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy. Gary Cherone diplomatsrocksguy
