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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."
Sound
"Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that's rock n roll."
Woman
"I did some research and tried to pull out some old, classic Van Halen that they had not played in 10 or 15 years. I think that was Sammy's mistake. I he didn't want to do the Dave stuff."
Mistake
"I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have."
History
"When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story."
Post
"The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones."
Guitar
"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."
Growing up
"You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio."
Difference
"It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen."
Fun
"There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road."
Road
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"It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense."
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"Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality."
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"Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me."
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"That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos."
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"If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been."
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"I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio."
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"I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player."
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"You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?"
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"I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived."
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"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."
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