Sammy Hagar Quotes

Every time I have a song that does well, that's a great feeling to have.

For me, if 'Maryland' became half of what 'Searchin' My Soul' became, as far as radio play goes, I would be thrilled.

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.

Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound egotistical, but it makes sense.

After two years in the songwriting world, I wrote 'All About That Bass.' L.A. Reid heard it and signed me as an artist.

I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not.

I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.

They hated Sammy Hagar for 12 years and they hate him to this day.

Nobody heard records of you playing whatever the melody was on those low strings. It worked out good, you know, about 25 or 26 million records later. I guess it worked out alright.

Mick Jagger can't even make a successful solo album, and the Stones are the biggest rock group that ever was.

There's been a few things that have been insane with 'Rather Be', and being nominated for a Grammy is, like, the pinnacle one.

I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.

It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.

If you have to be a one-hit wonder, then 'San Francisco' is the one to have.

If we were to use the success of 'Need You Now' as the barometer for every other song, then we'll probably be highly disappointed. That song will probably undoubtedly be the biggest song of our career. We can hopefully have success for 20 years, but we may not ever have the success of that one particular song again.

If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.

I was even more of a Hagar fan when he was just Hagar and not Van Hagar.

Nobody ever knows how big a song is going to be.

Our first album sold a million copies. Because we had such a big hit on the first album, it's always like, 'You can't top the first album.'

If you don't like The Ramones, you don't like rock 'n'roll. They're like The Beach Boys without the sea.

We always talk about our kids being a great way to judge whether it's a hit song because there's something very basic about the way they perceive the music that I think needs to be there if it's gonna be a hit.

I knew that 'Nothing to Lose' wasn't gonna probably go off the same way numbers-wise like 'iSpy,' but 'Nothing to Lose' was more like a statement record for me.

Ooh Poo Pah Doo' was a monster song.

I'd rather give one hit song than a flop film.

Pony' was one of the biggest songs of my career. It was really hard to follow that up.