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.
EDDIE VAN HALENI applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!
More Eddie Van Halen Quotes
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Holdsworth is so damned good that I can’t cop anything. I can’t understand what he’s doing. I’ve got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he’ll do it with one hand.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn’t appeal to everyone.
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The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.
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I’m the one in the band that said I’m not going on tour unless we do a record.
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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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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To hell with the rules. If it sounds right, then it is.
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It’s always about the music, never about anything else.
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A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I’m very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.
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It’s always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you’re the same, and they hate you if you’re different.
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I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.
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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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It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I’m just so blessed.
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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