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Sammy Hagar

"It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it."

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"It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it."

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"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."
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"I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that."
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"To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do."
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