Gary Cherone Quotes

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

Gary Cherone

Music, Song, Queens

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When people don't get enough information, they make it up.

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People, Information, Enough

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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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Suicide, Philosophy, Writing

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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.

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Song, People, Singing

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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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Player, Guitar, Temples

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I tried to stick with what I knew best, which is writing rock n' roll songs and melodies. I am as passionate as I was when I was 20.

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Song, Writing, Rocks

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We weren't One Hit Wonders. We had a few hits.

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Wonder

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

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Rocks, Years, Band

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You are in a state of mixing, and you just live with it. There is not one musician who is completely happy with a mix.

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Mixing, Musician, States

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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.

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People, Records, Ends

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My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one.

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Heart, Two, Records

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I think there are some good players coming up. I think we are at a point where people can swallow a guitar solo in a pop rock record again.

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Thinking, Player, Rocks

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

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Thinking, Different, Records

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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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Kings, Rocks, Different

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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.

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People, Stereotype, Break

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Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that's rock n roll.

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Rocks, Rock N Roll

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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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Hands, Moss, Sound

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I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.

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Fans, Bigs, Concepts

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I sing in a higher register, and you haven't heard that on the radio in years.

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Years, Radio, Heard

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

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Song, Differences, Garage

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

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Player, Guitar, Voice

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

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Years, Band, Dave

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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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Fun, Real, Believe

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Michael Anthony is the Diplomat of Rock N Roll. He is the regular guy.

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Rocks, Guy, Diplomats

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I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.

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Records, Jazz, Enough

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Born: July 26, 1961
Occupation: Singer-songwriter
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