Gary Cherone

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

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. ”

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

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

When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story. ”

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

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

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

There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road. ”

We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle. ”