Gary Cherone Quotes

• Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that’s rock n roll.

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• 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.

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• You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.

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• 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.

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• When people don’t get enough information, they make it up.

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• When I was singing Jamie’s Cryin’, people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

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• 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.

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• When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.

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• We weren’t One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.

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• We didn’t gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.

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• They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day.

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• There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.

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• There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.

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• The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.

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• Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don’t. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.

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• My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can’t listen to the first one.

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• Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.

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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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• 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.

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• If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.

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Gary Cherone (29)

Birth:	26th July, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lyricist, Singer

About

Gary Cherone is an American rock singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead vocalist of the Boston rock group Extreme, as well as his short stint as the lead vocalist for Van Halen on their 11th album Van Halen III and subsequent tour. In recent years he has released solo recordings. In 2007, he reunited with Extreme. The band's latest album Saudades de Rock was released on August 12, 2008.

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