In Van Halen there were moments, like in some of the ballads, I put my heart and soul into those records. Those lyrics when I sang 'em, I gave myself goosebumps.
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Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album.
I know I'm known for singing some of those high notes, but that's really not what giving someone goosebumps is all about. It's about really trying to find what makes you unique.
Everything I was feeling, all the hurt and the pain and the emotion I was going through, I put into my music.
I tried to have more than one emotion on the record.
It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.
When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio musicians. I did it immediately. With the disappointment riding on my shoulders of the breakup of the band.
When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
In the midst of hardship, it was the music that restored my soul.
There was one emotional outlet my people always had when they had the blues. That was singing.
I come from an era of music when it had heart and soul.
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