Band Quote by Sammy Hagar

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

— Sammy Hagar

When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a…

— Sammy Hagar

I loved Van Halen; I loved everything we did.

— Michael Anthony

Why would I have quit Van Halen? It never happened.

— Michael Anthony

Van Halen stood out from the corporate rock clones being churned out monthly by the music industry.

— Marky Ramone

Vocally and stylistically, we'd have different kinds of songs come on the radio, and people didn't realize it was the same band. A lot…

— Steve Lukather

I did some research and tried to pull out some old, classic Van Halen that they had not played in 10 or 15 years.…

— Gary Cherone

Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.

— Dimebag Darrell

I really think that Van Halen has two choices if they want to continue. And maybe they don't want to continue, because they don't…

— Sammy Hagar

When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio musicians. I did…

— Sammy Hagar

The band changes one guy, sometimes the whole damn thing changes - look what happened when I joined Van Halen.

— Michael Anthony

Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find…

— Randy Bachman