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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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"Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far."

"It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument."

"If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?"

"Around '75 when the recession hit, club owners started going to disco because it was cheaper for them to just buy a sound system than it was to hire a band."

"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes."

"I mean, Chris is, I'm sure, a wonderful guy. But in those days he also very, very late. For all appointments and departures and arrivals and sound checks and anything."

"It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo."

"The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great."

"I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop."
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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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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