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Gary Cherone

"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."

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"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."

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"Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains."

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"Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that."

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"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."

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"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."

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"You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up."

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"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."

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"I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far."

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"I was a handful growing up."

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"I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler."

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"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."

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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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"They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day."
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"If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat."
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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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"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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"I have a little history. I met Stone Temple Pilots, and their guitar player was a huge Extreme fan. Somewhere down the road, Extreme made its statement."
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"When people don't get enough information, they make it up."
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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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