If you have a great-sounding guitar that’s a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that’s the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
EDDIE VAN HALENI took classical piano lessons from the age of five.
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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I’m just a guitarist in a kick-ass rock and roll band. What more could I ask for?
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I’m just a normal schmo like anyone else.
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Everything comes to me while I’m sitting on the pot.
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I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
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Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I’m not your average bear. I – what’s the word? I’m not – normal.
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The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.
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I’m writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he’s working with. You shouldn’t be able to listen to something and say, ‘So-and-so produced this album.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.
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When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.
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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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Some people think a song without words isn’t a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he’ll kick your ass!
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I don’t really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.
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