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"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."
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"I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!"

"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."

"Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to."

"I have this sense that I didn't really start growing up until my twenties."

"You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess."

"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."

"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."

"Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up."

"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."
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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."

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

"If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record."

"I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have."

"It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen."

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

"Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years."
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