- Reason
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greatest Hits Quotes
Quotes on compiling a career onto one disc
Musicians here treat a greatest hits album less as celebration and more as a milestone that can feel like an ending — the moment a career gets summarized before the artist is fully ready, as heard across this Music talk.
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- Blood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think all the bad blood started when Geffen released a greatest hits package of my solo stuff.
- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not interested in gigs unless I really want to do them. I walked away from music in 1997, and then there was a greatest hits in 2002. Thank God, it didn't do too well because the record company wouldn't promote it.
- Compromise
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- Nov 07, 2020
But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020