Sammy Hagar Quotes

United States, Singer
October 13, 1947

Samuel Roy Hagar, also known as The Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and entrepreneur. Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose. He then launched a successful solo career, scoring an enduring hit in 1984 with "I Can't Drive 55". He enjoyed commercial success when he replaced David Lee Roth as the lead singer of Van Halen in 1985, but left in 1996. He returned to the band for a two-year reunion from 2003 to 2005. On March 12, 2007, Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen. His musical style primarily consists of hard rock and heavy metal.

Also known as Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Guitarist, Composer, Vocalist, Entrepreneur

So many things can get you high, I'm gonna try them all just once before I die.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- High
- Die
- Things
I've had my fill of "One Way To Rock" or "I Can't Drive 55." Those are guy songs to me, and I'm cool with that. But when you write a great love song and you start seeing that 50 percent of your audience is beautiful women, that's much more rewarding, than having a bunch of guys out there.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen

I loved that song "Don't Tell Me", but man, it was dark. That song did nothing for Van Halen.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Song
- Man
- Loved
I'm a songwriter. I've got ideas in the closet that just didn't work out with my band, that I think, "This is a great idea, it's just the wrong guys."

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Band
- Ideas
- Workout
I had been reading this book about Zen Koan philosophy, and it was talking about the right here and the right now, and how important it is, and I was really trying to get there in my life.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Book
- Philosophy
- Zen Koan
I had more of a vocal range. If you wanted to play a keyboard song, like "Love Walks In," I can do it.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Song
- Play
- Keyboard
I'm the only choice to make a record. And that's the only way I would do it. We'd have to make some new music. The fans deserve it. Van Halen's got some of the best fans on the planet.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Fans
- Choice
- Record
There are a lot of people going around where an alien took over their body, and their soul will actually leave and be, like, in a sleep or in a near-death situation.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- People
- Body
- Alient

I've always been into writing love songs.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Writing
- Love
- Song
I feel it's such a tragic thing [Kurt Cobain's suicide]. Here is a guy, a young guy, that had everything in his hands. He could have had a great life. He had a wife, he had a child, he had a fantastic career. He was important to a generation. And for him to do that - I didn't like that. I thought that was just wrong.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
Stop looking out, start looking in. Be your own best friend. Stand up and say, hey, this is mine!

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Stop
- Start
- Looking
I've always been kind of a speed demon.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Kind
- Speed
- Demon
This is pop music. You've got a candidate for president of the United States using it, that's hitting the biggest audience you're ever going to hit in your entire friggin' life. And you don't want that? Bullshit. That's what you want. It's not even for success or fortune, it's because that's the power of the song.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
We always sold 4 or 5 million records no matter what we did.

Sammy Hagar Van Halen
- Records
- Million
- Sold